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 Prophet captured it by force after a fight, and that it was included among the spoils which Allah assigned to his Prophet. The Prophet took its fifth and divided the land among the Moslems. Those of its people who surrendered did so on condition that they leave the land; but the Prophet asked them to enter into a treaty, which they did."

. ʿAbd-al-Aʿla ibn-Ḥammâd an-Narsi from ibn-ʿUmar:—The Prophet came to the people of Khaibar and fought them until he drove them to their castle and captured their land and palm-trees. They then capitulated on the terms that their blood be not shed, that they evacuate the land and be entitled to all that their camels could carry, and that the Prophet be entitled to the gold and silver and arms. The Prophet made it a condition for them that they hold nothing secret or hidden from him, otherwise they are no more within his protection or covenant. They, however, hid a leather bag in which were kept money and jewels belonging to Ḥuyai ibn-Akhṭab. This bag Ḥuyai had brought to Khaibar on the occasion of the expulsion of the banu-an-Naḍîr. The Prophet asked Saʿyah ibn-ʿAmr saying, "What has become of the bag which Ḥuyai brought from the banu-an-Naḍîr?" To this Saʿyah answered, "Wars and expenses have emptied it." But the Prophet remarked, "It was a short time and a big sum of money. Moreover, Ḥuyai was killed before that." The Prophet then turned Saʿyah over to az-Zubair and the latter put him to the torture. At last Saʿyah said: "I saw Ḥuyai roaming about in a deserted place yonder." Search was made in the deserted place and the bag was found. The Prophet, thereupon, put the two sons of abu-l-Ḥuḳaiḳ to death, one of whom was the husband of Ṣafîyah, the