April 624 CEmoderate

Expulsion of Banu Qaynuqa

إجلاء بني قينقاع

Map: Medina (24.4672, 39.6112)

After the victory at Badr, Banu Qaynuqa, a Jewish tribe of goldsmiths and armorers in Medina, violated the Constitution of Medina by insulting a Muslim woman in their marketplace, leading to an altercation in which a Muslim and a Jew were killed. The Prophet besieged their fortress for fifteen days until they surrendered. Abdullah ibn Ubayy interceded for them. They were expelled from Medina with their portable property and relocated to Wadi al-Qura and later to Syria.

Sources

  • Ibn Hisham's Sirah
  • Ibn Kathir
  • al-Waqidi's Maghazi