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additional confirmation.
Zubair reached the fortress before his other companions and learned that the report
was correct. When his companions arrived they pleaded with the Krayzah not to pursue
their intention, but it was to no avail, they informed him that as far as they were
concerned the pack no longer existed between them -- they had become enemies.
THE WEAKENED LINE OF DEFENSE:
The breaking of the pact posed a weakness in the line of defense. The Jewish
fortresses were no longer a protective barrier but rather a gate through which the enemy
could advance with comparative ease, so the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
immediately sent a hundred men to strengthen the area.
Shortly afterwards news reached the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, that
Huyay had urged the Koraysh and their allies to send a thousand men to the fortresses
and then launch an attack on the fortified buildings in which Muslim women and children
had been housed for protection. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, wasted
no time in sending Zayd together with three hundred men to protect them. Each night as
Zubair reached the fortress before his other companions and learned that the report
was correct. When his companions arrived they pleaded with the Krayzah not to pursue
their intention, but it was to no avail, they informed him that as far as they were
concerned the pack no longer existed between them -- they had become enemies.
THE WEAKENED LINE OF DEFENSE:
The breaking of the pact posed a weakness in the line of defense. The Jewish
fortresses were no longer a protective barrier but rather a gate through which the enemy
could advance with comparative ease, so the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
immediately sent a hundred men to strengthen the area.
Shortly afterwards news reached the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, that
Huyay had urged the Koraysh and their allies to send a thousand men to the fortresses
and then launch an attack on the fortified buildings in which Muslim women and children
had been housed for protection. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, wasted
no time in sending Zayd together with three hundred men to protect them. Each night as