One opinion.....
Quote:After the elimination of Qurayzah
no important clan of
Jews was left in Medina, though there were probably several
small groups. One Jewish merchant is named who purchased
some of the women and children of Qurayzah! The
remaining Jews were doubtless very circumspect now, and
avoided not only hostile activity but also compromising
relationships, though
at the time of the expedition against
Khaybar their sympathies seem naturally to have been with
their fellow-Jews.
The continuing presence
of at least a few Jews in Medina
is an argument against the view sometimes put forward by
European scholars that in the second year
after the Hijrah
Muhammad adopted
a policy of clearing
all Jews out of
Medina just because they were Jews, and that he carried out
this policy with ever-increasing severity.
It was not
Muhammad's way to have policies of this kind.He had a
balanced view of the fundamentals of the contemporary
situation and of his long-term aims, and in the light of this he
moulded his day-to-day plans
in accordance with the changing
factors in current events. The occasions of his attacks
on the first two Jewish clans were no more than occasions ;
but there were also deep underlying
reasons. The Jews in
general by their verbal criticisms of the Qur'anic revelation
were trying to undermine the foundation of the whole
Islamic community ;
and . they were also giving political
support to Muhammad'senemies and to opponents
such as the
Hypocrites. In so far as the Jews abandoned these forms of
hostile activity Muhammad allowed them to live in Medina
unmolested.
Here is an account which would suggest a different circumstance [and different motives].....
"While we were in the mosque, Allah's Apostle came out to us and said, "Let us proceed to the Jews."....The Prophet stood up and addressed them, "O Assembly of Jews!
Embrace Islam and you will be safe!" The Jews replied, "O Aba-l-Qasim! You have conveyed Allah's message to us." The Prophet said, "That is what I want (from you)." He repeated his first statement for the second time, and they said, "You have conveyed Allah's message, O Aba-l-Qasim." Then he said it for the third time and added,
"You should Know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to exile you from this land, so whoever among you owns some property, can sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle." "
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #009.085.077
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.053.392
gandalf,
Today, we only have the recorded ISLAMIC accounts of what happened to the Jews who lived on the Arabian peninsula during Mohammed's day,
and,
we only have the recorded ISLAMIC accounts of
why what happened to those Jewish communities, happened to those Jewish communities.
And with the ubiquitous nature of the influence of ISLAM on the Arabian peninsula [during and post Mohammed's life], we can be fairly confident, that no Jewish account survived, of
what happened to the Jewish communities on the Arabian peninsula,
and why, at the hand of Mohammed and his successors.
.
I will just remind you gandalf, that ISLAM is a virtuous religion, and that moslems are virtuous, wholly truthful, and wholly trustworthy persons.
Right gandalf ?
polite_gandalf wrote on May 14
th, 2016 at 10:59am:
Quote:"Peace summarises everything in Islam..."
Thanks Yadda - good quote.