Plots on Mohammed

Message of Peace - Justice P K Shamsuddin 

After the evacuation of Banu Al Nadir from Medina and the campaigns of Ghatafan and Dawmat Al Jandal, Muslims restored to security. Their preoccupation with the city and war prevented them from carrying on their trade and agricultural works. However, Mohammed was always vigilant about the possible attack from Meccans, at any moment. He therefore had to maintain a channel for communication throughout the peninsula of Arabia, in order to secure information on the movement of the tribes, for they had to prepare defense in case of an emergency.

The Meccans under the tribes of Banu Qaynuqa and Banu Nadir, together with the tribes of Ghatafan and Hudylu were all trying to reach for Mohammed and his companions. The leaders of Banu Al Nadir and others together with Hawdah and Abu Anian went to Mecca for consultation with the Meccan leaders. The Meccans asked Huyayy about his tribe. Huyayy told them that he had left them between Khybr and Medina awaiting the arrival of the Meccans. He asked the Meccans to join them in this battle against Mohammed and his companions. When the Meccans asked about Banu Qurayzah, he said that they were still living in Medina, in order to attack Mohammed and his men from behind, once the Meccans launch attack on Muslims. The Meccans however was reluctant to move. They thought that there was no difference between them and Mohammed except in the nature of Mohammed’s routine.

The Meccans asked the Jews to tell them whether the religion of Mohammed was better than that of the Meccans. The Jews answered that the Jews give preference to the religion of Meccans. Doctor Israel Wahtnhon wrote: “The Jews in Arabia, it was the duty of the Jews not to allow themselves to get involved in such a scandalous mistake that would have never declared to the leaders of Quraysh than the worship of idols was better than Islamic monotheism ….. The Jews who had for centuries raised the banner of monotheism in the whole world, among the pagan nations, remained true to the tradition of their fathers, who had to suffer throughout history the greatest misfortunes, misdeeds and persecution for the sake of their faith in the one god, stood, in loyalty to this end have sacrificed greatly to bring about the down fall of paganism. Furthermore, they aligned themselves with the pagans. But they were fighting themselves contradicting the teachings of Torah which commands them otherwise.” 

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