The Prophet’s (s.a.w.) Defence of the Banu Ka’b
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ( r.a. ) said, as found in Shaykh Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham al-Baswri’s ( r.a. ) Sirah an-Nabawiyyah , that Banu Bakr and the Quraysh defeated Banu Khuza’ah, and looted them. This violated the terms of the solemn pact to which they had agreed with the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), by warring with the Khuza’ah, his formal allies, Sayyidina ‘Amr ibn Salim al-Khuza’i ( r.a. ), one of the Banu Ka’b there, rode out until he came to see the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) in Madina. His coming gave the impetus for the conquest of Makkah. He stood before the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) as the latter sat in the mosque, in full sight of the people, and declaimed the following: “Lord! I am appealing to Muhammad, By the time-honoured pact of both our fathers. You were a father and we, a son; Then we entered Islam and remained loyal. Help us, and may Allah Help you always! Summon ...