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    The document summarizes the Battle of Khandaq (Trench), also known as the Battle of the Confederates. It describes how Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims defended Madinah by digging a trench advised by Salman al-Farsi. Over 10,000 soldiers from Makkah and Jewish tribes gathered to attack Madinah, but the trench prevented their entry. The Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza betrayed the Muslims. After 27 days of fighting and a sandstorm destroying the enemy camp, the Confederates were forced to retreat without being able to breach Madinah's defenses.

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    The document summarizes the Battle of Khandaq (Trench), also known as the Battle of the Confederates. It describes how Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims defended Madinah by digging a trench advised by Salman al-Farsi. Over 10,000 soldiers from Makkah and Jewish tribes gathered to attack Madinah, but the trench prevented their entry. The Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza betrayed the Muslims. After 27 days of fighting and a sandstorm destroying the enemy camp, the Confederates were forced to retreat without being able to breach Madinah's defenses.

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    The document summarizes the Battle of Khandaq (Trench), also known as the Battle of the Confederates. It describes how Prophet Muhammad and the Muslims defended Madinah by digging a trench advised by Salman al-Farsi. Over 10,000 soldiers from Makkah and Jewish tribes gathered to attack Madinah, but the trench prevented their entry. The Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza betrayed the Muslims. After 27 days of fighting and a sandstorm destroying the enemy camp, the Confederates were forced to retreat without being able to breach Madinah's defenses.

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    Name: Nisha Shoukat

    Roll no: 70142112

    Section: B

    Topic: Ghazwa khandak

    Submitted to : Mam Aneeba Basharat


    Ghazwa:

    Ghazwa means a battle fought by Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H) himself

    What is khandak?

    Khandak means Trench.The word Khandak is the Arabised form of the Middle
    Persian Word kandaq”meaning that which has been dug.

    Ghazwa khandak
    Battle of khandaq is also called Ghazwa Ahzab or the Battle of the Confederates.
    • The battle is named after the Trench or Khandaq ,that was dug by Muslims
    in preparation for the battle as an act of defense.
    • Salman the Persian advised Muhammad to dig a trench around the city.

    Battle of Khandaq Date

    Ghazwa Khandaq took place in Madina in the month of Shawwal, Hijri 5, corresponding to March 31,
    627 AD. It was the third battle of Islam after the battle of Uhud.

    Makkah Army

    The Jews and the Quraish joined hands to attack the Muslims by gathering an army of 10 thousand
    soldiers.
    When Prophet Muhammad learned about the enemy's plan, he and his Sahaba joined heads to come up
    with a defensive plan.
    Idea of Trench

    Salman al-Farsi ‫ رضي هللا عنه‬said that only the north of Madina is to be protected as the rest of the sides are
    fully protected through mountains and trees providing a natural boundary.

    He gave forth an idea to dig a large trench in the north so that the enemy could not raid the city. His
    concept was readily accepted, and the Muslims started to dig a trench, and that's why it is called the battle
    of Khandaq.

    The digging of the trench

    In Ghazwa Khandaq, muslims took the mighty taks to dig 5.5 km long, 4.5 meters deep and 9 meters wide
    trench. They were able to dig the trench in only 6 days.

    Prophet Muhammad Camp

    When the enemy approached the city, they were unable to enter it as the trench was there as a
    significant obstacle for them. They deployed different techniques to pass by the trench, yet failed.They
    were able to capture the area between the trench and Sila' mountain under the leadership of Amr bin 'Abd-
    e- Wudd, yet Ali bin Abi Talib ‫ رضي هللا عنه‬was able to kill Amr and regain the area. Similarly, Muslims
    made attempts to capture a failure.

    Betrayal by Banu Qurayza

    Banu Qurayza and the Muslims had signed a peace treaty. The Banu Qurayza had remained loyal to the
    pact before and had helped the Muslims in digging the trench.

    However, when the battle of Khandaq started, they betrayed Muslims. Huyai, the leader of one of the
    Jewish tribes (Banu Nadir), went to the other Jewish tribe (Banu Qurayza) and asked for help, and they
    attacked Madina from the South.
    Line of Defense in South

    Towards the south, the women and children were housed. The Mus weren't prepared for the attack Q
    South. This attack made Muslims fearful.They started to lose hope: how would they be able to face such a
    huge army?
    Prophet Muhammad asked his followers to remain hopeful and fight bravely. He sent some troops
    towards the south to protect the vulnerable Muslim women and children.

    Muslims created mistrust between the tribes

    An elderly man named Nuaym ibn Masud approached Prophet Muhammad and disclosed that he had
    accepted Islam. The man was respected by the enemies and belonged to the Confederates.

    Prophet Muhammad asked him somehow to break the trust between the Confederates and Banu Qurayza.
    By dividing the two, Muslims would emerge powerfully.

    Nuaym ‫ رضي هللا عنه‬went to Banu Qurayza and was filled in with the fear that if Muslims won the battle,
    the Confederates would escape easily, leaving the tribe to face hardships at the hands of Muslims.

    Nuaym ‫ رضي هللا عنه‬then advised that the best way to remain on the safe side is to ask the Confederates for
    some leaders that shall be given as a hostage to Banu Qurayza.

    Nuaym ‫ عنه هللا رضي‬went to the Confederates' leader Abu Sufyan and alarmed him that Banu Qurayza
    couldform an alliance with Muslims again and should not be trusted. The hostages should not be given to
    them as they can send those hostages to the Muslims.

    This created an environment of mistrust among the two (confederates and Banu Qurayza).

    Conflict between Banu Qurayza and Nadir


    When Banu Qurayza demanded hostages as they feared that they would be betrayed, the Bani Nadir and
    Quraish simply rejected it as they feared that the hostages would be given to the Muslims.In such an
    environment of mistrust, the enemy could not attack the city of Madina.

    A sandstorm

    The enemy had set up its camp outside the Khandaq and tried to find a way to infiltrate the defense of
    Madina.

    On the other hand, Muslims were getting tired and weaker day by day. On the north side, they had to fight
    Confederates while they were concerned that Banu Qurayza could attack them anytime from the South
    again.

    On the 27th day after starting the operation of digging the trench, there was a massive storm which
    uprooted the camps of the enemy.

    Muslims won Ghazwa Khandaq

    The shelters of enemies, their resources, and their belongings went away with the wind. The helpless
    army of thousands and nothing to fight with and thereby had no choice but to leave the battlefield.

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