Banu Qaynuqa’ are besieged and exiled

After Badr, relations with Banu Qaynuqa’, a Jewish clan inside Madinah, break down. The book reports that a Muslim woman was humiliated in their market and a man was killed on each side. The Muslims besiege their fortresses for fifteen days; they surrender, and at ‘Abdullah bin Ubayy’s plea their lives are spared and they leave Arabia for Syria.

As the book dates it: Saturday 15 Shawwal, 2 A.H.

Who was there

• AU‘Abdullah bin UbayyA Madinan leader who outwardly accepted Islam but worked against the Muslims; he withdrew a third of the army before Uhud.
• HAHamzah bin ‘Abdul-MuttalibThe Prophet’s uncle, a strong warrior whose Islam gave the Muslims new confidence; killed at Uhud.