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**paulaglober** · 02-23-2012, 11:53 PM

My impression was that a scholar from the same people was asked to make the judgement on them. He was so disgusted by the betrayal that he handed over the punishment that is due in case of betrayal.

That is partially correct.

Actually the Banu Qurayza chose a certain Sahaba who used to follow the jewish religion and was now a Muslim to choose their punishment. (I forget the Sahaba's name atm). They thought by choosing him, he would be lenient towards them. However, he chose the punishment from their very own religion, ie executing the men and enslaving the women and children.

02-23-2012, 11:53 PM	#21
paulaglober Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	My impression was that a scholar from the same people was asked to make the judgement on them. He was so disgusted by the betrayal that he handed over the punishment that is due in case of betrayal. That is partially correct. Actually the Banu Qurayza chose a certain Sahaba who used to follow the jewish religion and was now a Muslim to choose their punishment. (I forget the Sahaba's name atm). They thought by choosing him, he would be lenient towards them. However, he chose the punishment from their very own religion, ie executing the men and enslaving the women and children.
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