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- Muhammad saw him as a threat, and therefore had him murdered in the night. The Jews around Medina were not under Muhammad's rule; they had only entered into a treaty with the Muslims. Muhammad did not have legal right to murder Ka`b, rather he took it upon himself to rid himself of a man who hated him.
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Cause of death. Assassinated by Muhammad ibn Maslamah on the order of Muhammad. Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (Arabic: كعب بن الأشرف; died c. 624) was, according to Islamic texts, a pre-Islamic Arabic poet and contemporary of Muhammad in Medina. [1] Scholars identify him as a Jewish leader. [2][3]
Ka’b bin al-Ashraf al-Yahoodee was a jew in Al-Madinah who used to recite defamatory poetry about the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and also made explicit poems about the Muslim women. Hence, he was ordered to be killed by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The murder of the Prophet's chief Jewish opponent, Ka‘b b. al-Ashraf, led to grave consequences for the tribe of Banū al-Naḍīr and for the Jews as a whole. The incident ushered in a series of hostile Muslim-Jewish encounters that reached its climax in the battle of Khaybar.
- Ehsan Roohi
- 2021
The murder of the Prophet's chief Jewish opponent, Ka‘b b. al-Ashraf, led to grave consequences for the tribe of Banū al-Naḍīr and for the Jews as a whole. The incident ushered in a series of hostile Muslim-Jewish encounters that reached its climax in the battle of Khaybar.
- Ehsan Roohi
- 2021
باب قَتْلُ كَعْبِ بْنِ الأَشْرَفِ. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Who is willing to kill Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?" Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would you like that I kill him?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then ...
Nov 8, 2020 · The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, a poet from the Tayy tribe, is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari, Sahi Muslim, Tabaqat Ibn Sa'd, and Ibn Hisham's work on the life of the Prophet. Many Muslim scholars have challenged the authenticity of the incident related to Asma bin Marwan.
In the early sTra compilations it is indicated that Ka'b was killed six months after Badr (Ramadan 2 H),2 that is to say, already before the battle of Uhud (Shawwal, 3 H).
