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Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq

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Chief of Jewish tribe
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Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq was a chieftain of the Jewish tribes of the Khaybar oasis. When Al-Huqayq approached neighbouring tribes to raise an army to attack Muslims, they assassinated him, aided by an Arab who spoke a Jewish dialect. His nephew Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was also assassinated at Muhammad's order.

He succeeded Huyayy ibn Akhtab who was killed in 627 CE alongside Banu Qurayza. He was succeeded by Usayr ibn Zarim.

Notes

  1. Nomani (1979), vol. II, pg. 156
  2. Urwa, Fath al-Bari, Vol. VII, pg. 363
  3. Stillman, Norman (1979). The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 17. ISBN 0-8276-0198-0.
  4. Muhammad ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, trans. Alfred Guillaume, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955, pp. 364-369.
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