The hypocrites alleged it was too light. The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) retorted:
“The angels are carrying him.”
In the process of the sieze laid to Banu Quraiza, one man of the Muslims, Khallad bin Suwaid was  killed  when a women of the Jews dropped the grinding stone on him, and another, Abu Sinan bin Mihsan,  the  brother of ‘Ukasha, died.
Abu Lubaba stayed tied for six nights. His wife used to untie him at prayer times and then he tied  himself again to the pole. One early morning, Allâh the All-Forgiving revealed a verse to the
Messenger  of Allâh (Peace be upon him) to the effect that Allâh had turned to Abu Lubaba with forgiveness. The
Muslims rushed to release him but he insisted that the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)  himself  do it. And this was done shortly before the morning prayer.
This Ghazwah took place in the month of Dhul Qa‘dah in the year five Hijri, and the siege of Banu
Quraiza’s forts lasted for 25 days. The Chapter of Confederates was revealed containing Allâh’s Words  concerning the basic issues relating to the believers and hypocrites during the battle of the
Confederates, and the consequences of the treachery and breaching of covenants by the Jews.
MILITARY ACTIVITIES CONTINUED:
Salam bin Abi Al-Huqaiq (Abu Rafi‘) was a terrible Jew criminal, who had mustered the troops of the
Confederates and provided them with a lot of wealth and supplies, on the one hand, and used to  malign  the Prophet (Peace be upon him), on the other. When the Muslims had settled their affair with Banu
Quraiza; Al-Khazraj tribe, a rival of Al-Aws, asked for the Prophet’s permission to kill that criminal in  order to merit a virtue equal to that of Al-Aws who had killed another criminal of the Jews, Ka‘b bin Al-
Ashraf. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) gave them his permission provided that no women or  children  be killed.
A group of five people with ‘Abdullah bin ‘Ateeq at their head, headed for Khaibar where ‘Abu Rafi‘’s  fort  was situated. When they approached the place, ‘Abdullah advised his men to stay a little behind, while  he went ahead disguised himself in his cloak as if he had been relieving himself. When the people of  the  fort went in, the gate-keeper called him to enter thinking he was one of them. ‘Abdullah went in and  lurked inside. He then began to unbolt the doors leading to Salam’s room. There it was absolutely  dark  but he managed to put him to the sword, and then leave in safety. On his way back, his leg broke so  he  wrapped it up in a band, and hid in a secret place until morning when someone stood on the wall and  announced the death of Salam bin Abi Al-Huqaiq officially. On hearing the glad news he left and went  to  see the Prophet (Peace be upon him), who listened to the whole story, and then asked ‘Abdullah to  stretch his leg, which he wiped and the fracture healed on the spot.
In another version, all the group of five participated in killing that enemy of Islam. This incident took  place in Dhul Qa‘dah or Dhul Hijjah in the year five Hijri.
Shortly after the conclusion of the battle with the Confederates and Quraiza, the Prophet (Peace be  upon him) began to despatch punitive expeditions to force the aggressive tribes and rebellious
Arabians  to come to peaceful terms with the rising state of Islam.
A platoon of thirty believers under the leadership of Muhammad bin Maslamah was despatched on a  military mission in Muharram, the sixth year Hijri, following the two previous battles. It headed for the  habitation of Bani Bakr sept. The Muslims attacked that sept and dispersed them in all directions.
Plenty  of spoils fell to the lot of the Muslims who returned home with a terrible disbeliever, Thumamah bin
Uthal Al-Hanafi, chief of Bani Hanifa, who had gone out by order of Musailama, the Liar, to assassinate  the Prophet (Peace be upon him). The Prophet’s Companions tied him to a pole of the Prophetic
Mosque. To a question posed by the Prophet (Peace be upon him), Thumamah used to say: “If you  were to kill someone, then you would have to choose one of noble descent, if you were to be gracious,  then let it be to a grateful man and if you were to ask for money, you would have to ask for it from a