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 of Ḥuyai ibn-Akhṭab. Moreover, he captivated their children and women and divided their possessions because of their breach of faith.

. The Prophet also wanted to expel the banu-Khaibar from the land but they said, "Let us stay in the land to repair it and manage it." The Prophet and his companions having no slaves to manage it, and they having no time to do it themselves, he gave them Khaibar on condition that they have one-half of every palm-tree or plant … as it occurred to the Prophet. ʿAbdallâh ibn-Rawâḥah used to come every year and estimate by conjecture the quantity of dates upon the palm-trees and rent them one-half. Banu-Khaibar accused him to the Prophet charging him with partiality in estimation and offered to bribe him. To this he [ʿAbdallâh] replied saying, "Do ye enemies of Allah mean to give me unlawful money? By Allah, I have been sent to you by one whom of all men I love best. As for you, I hate you more than monkeys and pigs. My hatred to you and love to him, however, shall never stand in the way of my being just to you." They then said, "Through this [justice] have heavens and earth been established!"

. Once the Prophet, noticing a green spot in the eye of Ṣafîyah, daughter of Ḥuyai, asked her about it, and she said, "As my head lay in the lap of ibn-abi-l-Ḥuḳaiḳ, I saw in my sleep as if a moon fell in my lap. When I told him of what I saw he gave me a blow saying, 'Art thou wishing to have the king of Yathrib?'" Ṣafîyah added, "Of all men the Prophet was the one I disliked most, for he had killed