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their treachery who, as they left, taunted the impoverished Muslims by wearing and
flaunting their excessive wealth and fineries as they rode out of the City.

The fortress continued to hold out for two weeks by themselves and Kinanah could not
fathom out why the Ghatfan had not come to their aid, but now the realization set in that
the expected help would never come and with full knowledge of the terms of surrender,
Kinanah sent word he wished to surrender.

Terms of Surrender

As the fortresses fell they had surrendered, and the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa
sallam) had called upon Abu Bakr, Ali, Zubair and Omar and ten Jews to witness the
terms of surrender. The terms of surrender were that their total wealth, treasures, armory
and possessions were to be confiscated, that none should be concealed, and having
complied with this they would not be taken captive; the Jews accepted.

It was not the Prophet‟s intention to put the Jews to death rather it was to simply
confiscate the wealth they had amassed through usury and corruption and such like that