Finally the Banu Quraiza surrendered unconditionally. Muhammad ordered the men to be handcuffed, while the women and children were confined in isolation. Thereupon the Aws tribe, who were allies of the Banu Quraiza, interceded, begging Muhammad to be lenient towards them. Muhammad suggested that Sa%u2018d bin Mu%u2018adh, a ruffian among them who had been fatally wounded by an arrow, give a verdict on the Jews. Sa%u2019d was a former ally of the Banu Quraiza, but since his conversion to Islam he had a change of heart against them. He also blamed them for the fatal wound he received when a Meccan threw an arrow during the Battle of Trench. Muhammad knew how Sa%u2019d felt about the Banu Quraiza. He was, after all, his bodyguard and slept in the mosque.
Sa'd's verdict was that %u201Call the able-bodied male persons belonging to the tribe should be killed, women and children taken prisoners and their wealth divided among the Muslim fighters.%u201D
Muhammad became pleased with this cruel verdict and said that %u201CSa%u2018d (had) adjudged by the Command of Allâh."[4] He often credited Allâh for his own decisions. This time he chose Sa%u2019d to verbalize his whims.
Al-Mubarakpouri adds that %u201CIn fact, the Jews deserved that severe punitive action for the ugly treachery they had harbored against Islam, and the large arsenal they had amassed, which consisted of one thousand and five hundred swords, two thousand spears, three hundred armors and five hundred shields, all of which went into the hands of the M
