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Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq

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Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq was a chieftain of the Jewish tribes of the Khaybar oasis. When Al-Huqayq approached neighbouring tribes to raise an army to attack Muslims,[1][2] they assassinated him, aided by an Arab who spoke a Jewish dialect.[3] His nephew Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was also assassinated at Muhammad's order.[4]

He succeeded Huyayy ibn Akhtab who was killed in 627 CE alongside Banu Qurayza. He was succeeded by Usayr ibn Zarim.

Notes

  1. ^ Nomani (1979), vol. II, pg. 156
  2. ^ Urwa, Fath al-Bari, Vol. VII, pg. 363
  3. ^ Stillman, Norman (1979). The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 17. ISBN 0-8276-0198-0.
  4. ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, trans. Alfred Guillaume, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955, pp. 364-369.
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