Those who give the larger count say they numbered between eight and nine hundred.

As Kaʿb was leading them to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in groups, some of them asked him, “O Kaʿb, what do you think he will do with us?” He replied, “Will you never understand? Do you not see that the summoner does not relent and that whoever is taken away from you does not return? By Allah, it is death—nothing else.”

Huyayy ibn Akhṭab was then brought forward. He wore a crimson robe that he had slit at every seam—no wider than a fingertip—so that it would not be taken from him; his hands were bound to his neck with a rope. When he looked at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ he said, “By Allah, I do not blame myself for my enmity toward you, but the one whom Allah abandons is truly abandoned.” He then turned to the people and said, “O people, there is no harm in Allah’s decree: it is a written destiny and a slaughter ordained for the Children of Israel.” After that he sat down, and his head was struck off.

Ibn Isḥāq relates—through Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Zubayr, from his uncle ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah—that none of their women were killed except a single woman. ʿĀʾishah said, “By Allah, she was with me, chatting and laughing heartily, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was executing their men in the marketplace, when a voice called out, ‘Daughter of so-and-so!’ She answered, ‘By Allah, here I am.’ I said, ‘Woe to you, what is the matter?’ She replied, ‘They are going to kill me.’ I asked, ‘Why?’ She said, ‘Because of something I have done.’ They took her away and struck her neck.”

ʿIkrimah and others explained that ṣiyāṣīhim means “their fortresses.”

Yūnus reports from Ibn Isḥāq that the Prophet ﷺ then sent Saʿd ibn Zayd, a brother of the Banū ʿAbd al-Ashhal, with the captives of Banū Qurayẓah to Najd, and with their price he purchased horses and weapons for the Prophet.

The Prophet ﷺ had selected for himself Rayḥānah bint ʿAmr ibn Khunāfah. She remained with him until he passed away, still in his possession. He offered to marry her and place the veil upon her, but she said, “O Messenger of Allah, rather leave me in your ownership, for—”