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There was yet another person who left the fortresses, his name was Rifa'ah, Samawal's
son. With stealth he managed to escape from the fortress unnoticed and slipped through
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the Muslim guards to the house of Salma, the daughter of Qays. Salma was the half
sister of the Prophet's mother, Lady Aminah, who had married into the tribe of Khazraj,
and it was there in her house that he embraced Islam.
The Capitulation of the Krayzah
The siege had now taken twenty-five days and it was on the following morning the
Krayzah decided to surrender and opened the doors to the fortresses. The women and
children were separated from the menfolk, taken into one sector of the camp and placed
under the supervision of Abdullah, Salam's son, who had once been their rabbi. In the
meantime, the men's hands were tied behind their backs and led away to a different
sector of the camp.
son. With stealth he managed to escape from the fortress unnoticed and slipped through
44
the Muslim guards to the house of Salma, the daughter of Qays. Salma was the half
sister of the Prophet's mother, Lady Aminah, who had married into the tribe of Khazraj,
and it was there in her house that he embraced Islam.
The Capitulation of the Krayzah
The siege had now taken twenty-five days and it was on the following morning the
Krayzah decided to surrender and opened the doors to the fortresses. The women and
children were separated from the menfolk, taken into one sector of the camp and placed
under the supervision of Abdullah, Salam's son, who had once been their rabbi. In the
meantime, the men's hands were tied behind their backs and led away to a different
sector of the camp.