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report of Nu'aym. However, in the interim period, both allies agreed to postpone telling
Huyay about the matter.
On 5ᵗʰ Shawwal 5H, the allies agreed to send Ikrimah to the Krayzah with a message.
The message was brief and straight to the point and read, "Prepare yourselves to fight
tomorrow so that we may rid ourselves of Muhammad." No sooner had the Krayzah
received the message they sent one back saying, "Tomorrow is the Sabbath, and we will
not fight with you against Muhammad unless you send us some of your men that we
might hold until we have rid ourselves of him. It is our fear that if things go against us
you will retreat and leave us to face him -- this, we cannot do alone."
Ikrimah returned in haste to Abu Sufyan and his fellow chieftains and the message was
duly delivered. No sooner had the message been read they swore, "Nu'aym has told us
the truth!" Immediately, another message was dispatched informing the Krayzah that
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they would not be sending any one but that they must fight all the same. The Krayzah's
Huyay about the matter.
On 5ᵗʰ Shawwal 5H, the allies agreed to send Ikrimah to the Krayzah with a message.
The message was brief and straight to the point and read, "Prepare yourselves to fight
tomorrow so that we may rid ourselves of Muhammad." No sooner had the Krayzah
received the message they sent one back saying, "Tomorrow is the Sabbath, and we will
not fight with you against Muhammad unless you send us some of your men that we
might hold until we have rid ourselves of him. It is our fear that if things go against us
you will retreat and leave us to face him -- this, we cannot do alone."
Ikrimah returned in haste to Abu Sufyan and his fellow chieftains and the message was
duly delivered. No sooner had the message been read they swore, "Nu'aym has told us
the truth!" Immediately, another message was dispatched informing the Krayzah that
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they would not be sending any one but that they must fight all the same. The Krayzah's