- Banu Aus
The Banu Aus or Banu Aws ("Sons of Aws", Arabic: بنو اوس?) was one of the
tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era . [jewishencyclopedia.com [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=216&letter=B] ]jewishencyclopedia.com [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=326&letter=M] ]History
Early history
Shi'a sources say they were Jews [http://www.balagh.net/english/ahl_bayt/the_message/27.htm The Message ] ] , while a Jewish source say they and the
Banu Khazraj were Arab tribes fromYemen who came to Medina in the fourth century CE. The Jewish source continues that the two tribes took the power of Medina from the Jews in the fifth century "By calling in outside assistance and treacherously massacring at a banquet" .However, all sources agree that the Banu Aus and
Banu Khazraj became hostile to each other.A Shi'a source states that they had been fighting for one hundred and twenty years and were the sworn enemies of each other.
The Jewish source states that they went to war against each other in the
Battle of Bu'ath a few years before theIslamic prophet Muhammad migrated to Medina .There are many Jewish tribes at present in Medina:
Banu Nadir ,Banu Qurayza ,Banu Qaynuqa and many more.During the battle, The Banu Nadir and the Banu Qurayza fought with the Banu Aus, while the Banu Qaynuqa were allied with the Banu Khazraj. The latter were defeated after a long and desperate battle. .
Hijrah — 622
Muhammad came to Medina as a mediator, invited to resolve the feud between the factions of
Banu Aws andBanu Khazraj . He ultimately did so by absorbing both factions into his Muslim community, forbidding bloodshed among Muslims. Fact|date=February 2007The Banu Aus were included in point 30-31 of the
Constitution of Medina as allies to the Muslims, being as "one nation/community with the Believers" [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina ] .After this, Banu Aus and others became known as theAnsar Fact|date=July 2008.On 624,
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was killed by men from Banu Aus [Fact|date=February 2007, SeeSallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq ]Banu Quraizah — 627
The
Banu Qurayza were aJew ish tribe who lived in Medina. The bulk of the tribe's men, apart from a few who converted to Islam, were killed in 627 CE, following a siege mounted by Muslim inhabitants of Medina and immigrants from Mecca after Banu Qurayza had agreed to aid their Meccan enemies in their attack on Medina, which the Muslims had just repulsed in theBattle of the Trench .Since Banu Qurayza was an ally of the Banu Aus during the
Battle of Bu'ath , they chooseSa'ad ibn Mua'dh , the chief of the Banu Aus [http://www.inter-islam.org/Seerah/RelationswiththeJewsL2P1.html Relations with the JewsLevel2P1 ] ] as their judge. He, in spite of the pleading of his own tribe, condemned the men to death and the women and children to slavery. Sa'ad ibn Mua'dh himself died shortly after the event, due to injuries received during theBattle of the Trench .People
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Sa'ad ibn Mua'dh - head
*Bashir ibn Sa'ad leader Imamate: The Vicegerency of the Prophet [http://www.al-islam.org/ Al-islam.org] [http://www.al-islam.org/imamate/3.htm] ]
*Usaid bin Hudair bin Sammak The Sealed Nectar [http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0033P0017.aspx The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge] on sunnipath.com]
*Sa‘d bin Khaithamah bin Al-Harith
*Rifa‘a bin ‘Abdul Mundhir bin Zubair ee also
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