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