Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1347
The Expedition of Khaybar
مُحَاصَرَتِهِ ﷺ حِصْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ ؓ الَّذِي صَارَ فِي سَهْمِهِ بَعْدُ قَالَ الْوَاقِدِيُّ: لَمَّا تَحَوَّلَتِ الْيَهُودُ مِنْ حِصْنِ نَاعِمٍ وَحِصْنِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ إِلَى قَلْعَةِ الزُّبَيْرِ، - حِصْنٍ مَنِيعٍ فِي رَأْسِ قُلَّةٍ - حَاصَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: غَزَّالٌ. فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ، تُؤَمِّنُنِي عَلَى أَنْ أَدُلَّكَ عَلَى مَا تَسْتَرِيحُ بِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّطَاةِ، وَتَخْرُجُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الشِّقِّ، فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الشِّقِّ قَدْ هَلَكُوا رُعْبًا مِنْكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَمَّنَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ: إِنَّكَ لَوْ أَقَمْتَ شَهْرًا تُحَاصِرُهُمْ مَا بَالَوْا بِكَ، إِنَّ لَهُمْ تَحْتَ الْأَرْضِ دُبُولًا يَخْرُجُونَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَيَشْرَبُونَ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى قَلْعَتِهِمْ. فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَطْعِ دُبُولِهِمْ، فَخَرَجُوا فَقَاتَلُوا أَشَدَّ الْقِتَالِ، وَقُتِلَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَفَرٌ، وَأُصِيبَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ عَشَرَةٌ، وَافْتَتَحَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَكَانَ آخِرَ حُصُونِ النَّطَاةِ، وَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَى الشِّقِّ.
Translation
✧ The Prophet's ﷺ siege of the fort of al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām ؓ, which later became his allotted share Al-Wāqidī said: When the Jews moved from the fort of Nāʿim and the fort of al-Ṣaʿb b. Muʿādh to the citadel of al-Zubayr – an impregnable fort on a mountain peak – the Messenger of Allah ﷺ besieged them for three days. Then a Jewish man called Ghazzāl came and said: 'O Abū al-Qāsim, will you grant me security so that I may guide you to something by which you can gain relief from the people of al-Naṭāh and then go out against the people of al-Shiqq? For the people of al-Shiqq have already perished from fear of you.' He said: So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ granted him security for his family and property. The Jew said to him: 'Even if you were to remain besieging them for a month, they would not care about you. They have underground water channels through which they go out at night and drink, then return to their citadel.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that their water channels be cut off. They then came out and fought the fiercest fighting. On that day a number of Muslims were killed, and ten of the Jews were wounded. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered it, and it was the last of the forts of al-Naṭāh, and he moved on to al-Shiqq.
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