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were rich and well established with farms and orchards that provided them with
all their needs. Each Jewish tribe had built a strong fortress and it was there that
they lived, stored their food and weaponry.

Now that the last stage of preparation was underway, the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, instructed Rabah to go with a herdsman to the water
reservoir of Dhu Qarad, which was a day’s ride from Medina, to pasture his
camels so that they would be well fed and watered before the long hot journey
across the desert and so Rabah, and the herdsman rounded up the camels and
set off for Dhu Qarad.

Unknown to Rabah, Salamah, Al-Akwa’s son had borrowed Talha’s horse,
rounded up his camels and set off for the same water reservoir and when they
met they decided to journey together with their animals to Dhu Qarad.

When night fell, Rabah and Salamah said their Isha prayer then settled their
camels down for the night and went to sleep. Before they awoke the next
morning a bandit by the name of Al-Fazari and some of his tribesmen spotted the
camels, crept up upon the herdsman, killed him and seized all the camels.