resorted to only to hand the fort over to the Muslims; the two other forts surrendered without fighting.
NEGOTIATIONS:
Ibn Abi Al-Huqaiq was despatched to the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) to negotiate the  surrender treaty. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) agreed to spare their lives on condition they  evacuate Khaibar and the adjacent land, leaving whatever gold and silver they had in their possession.
However, he stipulated that he would disavow any commitment if they concealed anything. Shortly  afterwards, the forts were handed over to the Muslims and all Khaibar was reduced and brought under  the sway of Islam.
This treaty notwithstanding, Abi Al-Huqaiq’s two sons concealed a leather bag full of jewels, and  money  belonging to Huyai bin Al-Akhtab, who carried it with him when Banu Nadir had been banished.
Kinanah  bin Ar-Rabi‘, who had hidden the musk somewhere, was obdurate in his denial and so he was killed  when the musk was discovered and his dishonesty was proven. Abi Al-Huqaiq’s two sons were killed in  recompense for breaching the covenant, and Safiyah, Huyai’s daughter was taken as a captive.
DISTRIBUTION OF SPOILS:
In accordance with the agreement already concluded, the Jews would be obliged to evacuate Khaibar,  but they were anxious to keep on cultivating the rich soil and fine orchard for which Khaibar was  famous. They, therefore, approached the Prophet (Peace be upon him) with the request that they be  allowed to cultivate their lands and they would give half of the produce to the Muslims. Muhammad
(Peace be upon him) was kind enough to accede to their request.
The Messenger (Peace be upon him) divided the land of Khaibar into two: one half to provide the food  to be stored in case of any accidental calamity that might befall the Muslims, and for entertaining the  foreign delegates who started to frequent Madinah a lot; the other half would go to the Muslims who  had witnessed Al-Hudaibiyah event whether present or absent. The total number of shares came to
36,  of which 18 were given to the people above-mentioned. The army consisted of 1400 men of whom  were
200 horsemen. The horseman was allotted 3 shares and the footman one.
The spoils taken at Khaibar were so great that Ibn ‘Umar said: “We never ate our fill until we had  conquered Khaibar.” ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) is narrated to have said: “Now we can  eat  our fill of dates.”
On their return to Madinah, the Emigrants were able to return to the Helpers of Madinah all the gifts  they had received. All of this affluence came after the conquest of Khaibar and the great economic  benefits that the Muslims began to reap.
The conquest of Khaibar coincided with the arrival of the Prophet’s cousin Ja‘far bin Abi Talib and his  companions along with Abi Musa Al-Ash‘ari and some Muslims from Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
Abu Musa Al-Ash‘ari narrated that he and over fifty companions, while in Yemen, took a ship which  landed them in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and they happened to meet there Ja‘far and his companions. He  said, “We stayed together until the Prophet (Peace be upon him) sent an envoy asking us to come  back. When we returned, we found out that he had already conquered Khaibar, yet he gave us our  due  shares of the spoils.” The advent of those men came at the request made by the Messenger of Allâh
(Peace be upon him) to Negus, king of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), through a Prophetic deputy, ‘Amr bin
Omaiya Ad-Damari. Negus sent them back, 16 men altogether with their wives and children on two  boats. The rest of emigrants had arrived in Madinah earlier.
In the same context, Safiyah, whose husband Kinanah bin Abi Al-Huqaiq was killed for treachery, was  taken as a captive and brought along with other prisoners of war. After the permission of the Prophet
(Peace be upon him) was sought, Dihyah Al-Kalbi chose one of them and she happened to be Safiyah.
The other Muslims, however, advised that Safiyah, being the daughter of the chief of Bani Quraiza and
Bani Nadir, should be married to the Prophet (Peace be upon him), who agreed to their opinion,  invited  her to Islam, freed and took her as wife on her embracing Islam. The wedding feast consisted of dates  and fat, and was held on his way back to Madinah at a spot called Sadd As-Sahba’.
After the conquest of Khaibar, a Jewish woman called Zainab bint Al-Harith offered the Prophet (Peace  be upon him) a roasted sheep she had poisoned. He took a mouthful, but it was not to his liking so he  spat it out. After investigation, the woman confessed that she had stuffed the food with poison  alleging