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HUYAY AND THE TRIBESMEN OF KRAYZAH:
Huyay, from the expelled tribe of Nadir, knew that one of the fortresses blocking the
approach to Medina belonged to a fellow Jew from the tribe of Krayzah by the name of
Ka'b, Asad's son. Huyay hoped that he might prevail upon him to break the pact he had
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made with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so that the Koraysh would be
able to attack the City from two directions at the same time. If he succeeded, it would
mean that their pact ceased to exist and that their numbers would swell by a further
seven hundred. With this in mind he went to Abu Sufyan to propose his plan. Abu
Sufyan thought the idea was sound, and so Huyay made haste to the fortress.
Upon reaching the fortress Huyay announced himself as he knocked at its door, but
Ka'b would not open it as he suspected the reason for his visit. He, like many others of
his tribe considered that it was on account of Huyay's pride and poor judgment that had
led to the expulsion of the tribe of Nadir, and that his domineering personality was
something they could do without. Huyay knocked several times but Ka'b still refused to
Huyay, from the expelled tribe of Nadir, knew that one of the fortresses blocking the
approach to Medina belonged to a fellow Jew from the tribe of Krayzah by the name of
Ka'b, Asad's son. Huyay hoped that he might prevail upon him to break the pact he had
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made with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so that the Koraysh would be
able to attack the City from two directions at the same time. If he succeeded, it would
mean that their pact ceased to exist and that their numbers would swell by a further
seven hundred. With this in mind he went to Abu Sufyan to propose his plan. Abu
Sufyan thought the idea was sound, and so Huyay made haste to the fortress.
Upon reaching the fortress Huyay announced himself as he knocked at its door, but
Ka'b would not open it as he suspected the reason for his visit. He, like many others of
his tribe considered that it was on account of Huyay's pride and poor judgment that had
led to the expulsion of the tribe of Nadir, and that his domineering personality was
something they could do without. Huyay knocked several times but Ka'b still refused to