According to your source Harrak,

Submitted by Lisa (Canada), Apr 4, 2006 at 12:53

Thank you for taking the time to answer me, I really appreciate it

Why did I ask about the reason Muhammad married Aysheh?, simply because muslims scholars always justify Muhammad's action as noble, he married this woman because she was a widdow, he married that because she was lonely and poor, he married this because he needs to make a peace treaty with her tribe, he married captives because he felt sorry for them etc.

The puzzle is why did he marry Aysheh (she was young and ther was no political reason behind marrying her), now I understand the reason, he had a dream about Aysheh.

With Regards to Qrayzah

I have read below according to your source, now tell me please what is the wisdom behind what Muhammad did to Banu Qurayzah.

"Ibn Ishaq describes what happens as follows:

Then they surrendered, and the apostle confined them in Medina in the quarter of d. al-Harith, a woman of B. al-Najjar. Then the apostle went out to the market of Medina (which is still its market today) and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches. Among them was the enemy of Allah Huyayy b. Akhtab and Ka`b b. Asad their chief. There were 600 or 700 in all, though some put the figure as high as 800 or 900. As they were being taken out in batches to the apostle they asked Ka`b what he thought would be done with them. He replied, 'Will you never understand? Don't you see that the summoner never stops and those who are taken away do not return? By Allah it is death!' This went on until the apostle made an end of them. Huyayy was brought out wearing a flowered robe in which he had made holes about the size of the finger-tips in every part so that it should not be taken from him as spoil, with his hands bound to his neck by a rope. When he saw the apostle he said, 'By God, I do not blame myself for opposing you, but he who forsakes God will be forsaken.' Then he went to the men and said, 'God's command is right. A book and a decree, and massacre have been written against the Sons of Israel.' Then he sat down and his head was struck off.

The spoils of battle, including the enslaved women and children of the tribe, were divided up among Muhammad's followers, with Muhammad himself receiving a fifth of the value (as khums, to be used for the public good).

Thank you

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