Muhammad Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Assassination of Khaybar leaders and the Banu Uraynah affair ==== Muhammad's northward raids of [[Medina]] had by now caused significant opposition. Many, including Abu Rafi, one of [[Khaybar]]'s key chieftains, were part of this resistance.{{sfn|Rodgers|2012|p=181}} He was then killed in his room by the Muslims at night.{{sfn|Rodgers|2012|p=182β3}} Sometime later, Khaybar people selected Usayr ibn Razim as their ''[[emir]]''.{{sfn|Rodgers|2012|p=184}} Muhammad extended an invitation for him to come to Medina for a settlement. He agreed, but during the journey, the Muslims killed him along with his companions by surprise. Muhammad praised the commandos' leader for his work when he came back to Medina.{{sfn|Rodinson|2021||p=249}}{{sfn|Gabriel|2014|p=129}}{{sfn|Rodgers|2012|p=184}} Around this particular time, eight men from the Banu Uraynah tribe sought to embrace Islam. They conveyed their discomfort with the city's climate to Muhammad. As a solution, he ordered them to drink the urine and milk of his camels. However, they opted to steal the camels, killing the caretakers in the process. Upon their capture, Muhammad had their eyes gouged out and their limbs cut off. They were then left to die in the desert.{{sfn|Rodgers|2012|p=185}}{{sfn|Williams|1961|p=83}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page