that if the eater were a king, she would then rid herself of him, but should he be a Prophet, then he  would be bound to learn about it. The Prophet (Peace be upon him), however, connived at her  treacherous attempt, but ordered that she be killed when Bishr bin Al-Bara’ died of that poison.
The number of Muslims who were martyred was controversial, but it ranged between 16 and 18, while  the number of Jews killed came to 93.
The rest of Khaibar also fell to the Muslims. Allâh cast fear into the hearts of the people of Fadak, a  village standing to the north of Khaibar, and they hastened to ask for peace, and be allowed to leave  in  safety, and give up their wealth in return for that. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) entered into an  agreement with them similar to the previous one with the people of Khaib. Fadak was exclusively the
Prophet’s because neither Muslim cavalry nor camelry were involved in fight thereby.
No sooner had the Prophet (Peace be upon him) discharged the affair of Khaibar than he started a  fresh  move towards Wadi Al-Qura, another Jewish colony in Arabia. He mobilized his forces and divided  them  into three regiments with four banners entrusted to Sa‘d bin ‘Ubada, Al-Hubab bin Mundhir, ‘Abbad bin
Bishr and Sahl bin Haneef. Prior to fighting, he invited the Jews to embrace Islam but all his words  and  exhortations fell on deaf ears. Eleven of the Jews were killed one after another and with each one  newly  killed, a fresh call was extended inviting those people to profess the new faith. Fighting went on  ceaselessly for approximately two days and resulted in full surrender of the Jews. Their land was  conquered, and a lot of booty fell in the hands of the Muslims.
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) stayed in Wadi Al-Qura for four days, distributed the booty among  the Muslim fighters and reached an agreement with the Jews similar to that of Khaibar.
The Jews of Taima’, hearing beforehand about the successive victories of the Muslim army and the  defeats that their brethren, the Jews, had sustained, showed no resistance when the Prophet (Peace  be  upon him) reached their habitation. On the contrary, they took the initiative and offered to sign a  reconciliation treaty to the effect that they receive protection but pay tribute in return. Having  achieved  his objective and subdued the Jews completely, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) made his way back  home and arrived in Madinah in late Safar or early Rabi‘ Al-Awwal 7 A.H.
It is noteworthy that the Prophet (Peace be upon him), being the best amongst war experts, realized  quite readily that evacuating Madinah after the lapse of the prohibited months (Muharram, Dhul Qa‘da  and Dhul Hijja) would not be wise at all with the presence of the desert bedouins roaming in its  vicinity.
Such a careless attitude, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) believed, would tempt the undisciplined  mob  to practise their favourite hobby of plundering, looting and all acts of piracy. This premonition always  in  mind, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) despatched Aban bin Sa‘id at the head of a platoon to deter  those bedouins and forestall any attempt at raiding the headquarters of the nascent Islamic state  during his absence in Khaibar. Aban achieved his task successfully and joined the Prophet     ﻠﻋ ﷲ ﻰﻠﺻ  in Khaibar after it had been conquered.