Third Expedition of Wadi al Qura, also known as the Campaign of Wadi al Qura or

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of Wadi al Qura took place in June 628 AD, 2nd month of 7AH, of the Islamic calendar. The operation was successful and the

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lasted 2 days before the Jews surrendered and accepted the terms offered by

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, similar to what the Jews had done in the

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and in the Conquest of Fidak. This was the 3rd Expedition in

Wadi al-Qura Wadi al-Qura () is a wadi north of Medina in Saudi Arabia,. mentioned in early Islamic sources. It was located on the main trade road between the Hejaz and Bilad al-Sham, Syria. The wadi is tentatively identified with the modern Wadi al-'Ula regio ...

, the 1st Expedition and 2nd Expedition in Wadi al Qura took place one year earlier.

Siege of Wadi al Qura

After the

and Conquest of Fidak, Muhammad made a fresh move towards Wadi Al-Qura, another Jewish colony in Arabia. He mobilized his forces and divided them into three regiments with four banners entrusted to Sa‘d bin ‘Ubada, Al-Hubab bin Mundhir, ‘Abbad bin Bishr and Sahl bin Haneef. Before the fighting, he invited the Jews to embrace Islam, an offer they ignored."than he started a fresh move towards Wadi Al-Qura...", Witness-Pioneer.com
/ref> The first of their champions (best fighters) came out and was slain by Zubayr, the second of their champions came out and was slain also, the third was slain by

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. In this way 11 of the Jews were killed one after another and with each one newly killed, a fresh call was extended inviting those people to profess Islam. Fighting went on ceaselessly and resulted in full surrender of the Jews. The Jews resisted for one or two days, then they surrendered on similar terms like the Jews of Khaybar and Fadak. After the surrender of the Jews at Wadi al-Qura, Muhammad established his full authority on all the Jewish tribes of

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The event is mentioned in the Sunni hadith collection

Al-Muwatta ''Al-Muwaṭṭaʾ'' (, 'the approved') or ''Muwatta Imam Malik'' () of Malik ibn Anas, Imam Malik (711–795) written in the 8th-century, is one of the earliest collections of hadith texts comprising the subjects of Sharia, Islamic law, compile ...

21 13.25
/ref> (compiled by Imam Malik, founder of the Maliki school of thought), it states:

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