They replied, “You are the one who knows.” He said, “I left only in expectation of a prophet whose time is at hand; this land will be his place of emigration. So follow him, O community of the Jews, and do not let anyone else reach him before you when he appears. He will be sent with the shedding of blood and the capture of children and women from those who resist him, yet do not let that hold you back from him.” With that, he died.

On the very night when Qurayzah was conquered, those three young men—still in the bloom of youth—said, “People of the Jews, by Allah, this is the man Ibn al-Hayyabān told you about.” The others answered, “No, it is not he.” They insisted, “Indeed, by Allah, he matches the description exactly (1).” They then came down, accepted Islam, and abandoned (2) their wealth and their families (3).

Ibn Ishaq said: Their property had been inside the fortress with the idol-worshippers; when it was taken, it was returned to them (4).

He also said: Salih ibn Ibrahim ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn ʿAwf told me, on the authority of Mahmud ibn Labid (5), that there was a Jew living among our dwellings (6). One morning he went out to the gathering place of his people, the clan of Banu ʿAbd al-Ashhal, and spoke about the resurrection, the Day of Judgment, Paradise and Hell, the reckoning, and the balance. He said this to a band of idolaters who did not believe that any resurrection would take place (7) after death. This occurred shortly before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was commissioned.