to the judgment of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Shuʿbah relates: Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm told me that Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl reported from Abū Saʿīd: The people of Qurayẓah submitted to the ruling of Saʿd ibn Muʿādh. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ therefore sent for him; he came riding a donkey, and when he drew near the mosque the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Stand for your leader—or: for the best of you.” He was told, “They have surrendered to your judgment.” Saʿd pronounced, “Their fighting men are to be killed and their women and children taken captive.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You have judged them with the judgment of Allah,” or, “with the judgment of the Sovereign.” Agreed upon.

Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrates from Ibn Isḥāq: They rose to him and said, “Abū ʿAmr! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has put the affair of your allies in your hands so that you may judge concerning them.” Saʿd asked, “Do you pledge by Allah’s covenant and binding oath on this?” They replied, “Yes.” He continued, “And does everyone present on the side where the Prophet ﷺ is—and those with him—also accept this?” He had averted his face from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ out of reverence. The Prophet ﷺ said, “Yes.” Saʿd then ruled: “The men are to be killed, the property divided, and the women and children taken captive.”

Shuʿbah and others transmit from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from ʿAṭiyyah al-Qurazī, who said: I was among the captives of Qurayẓah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that every male who had begun to grow hair be executed, and I was among those who had not yet grown hair.

Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah reports: When they asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to appoint someone to judge their case, he said, “Choose whomever you wish from among my Companions.” They chose Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approved; so they submitted to his judgment. The Prophet ﷺ then ordered that their weapons be gathered and placed in his pavilion, and that they be bound hand and foot and confined in the house of Usāmah, and he dispatched