Abdullah ibn Rawaha's expedition to Khaybar and the killing of al-Yasir ibn Rizam

This was one of the two expeditions of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha to Khaybar, in which al-Yasir ibn Rizam was killed. Ibn Hisham says it is also said to be Ibn Razam. ¹

Al-Yasir was in Khaybar gathering the Ghatafan to attack the Prophet. The Prophet sent Abd Allah ibn Rawaha (may God be pleased with him) with a few of his companions, among them Abd Allah ibn Unays, an ally of the Banu Salima. When they came to him, they spoke with him, flattered him and said: if you come to the Messenger of God, he will employ you and honour you. They kept at him until he went out with them with some Jewish men, and Ibn Unays set him on his camel. ¹ When they were at al-Qarqara, six miles from Khaybar, al-Yasir regretted his journey. Ibn Unays noticed him reaching for his sword, so he drove his camel forward and struck him with his sword and cut off his leg. Al-Yasir struck him with a crooked stick of shawhat wood and wounded his head. Every companion of the Prophet turned on a Jewish companion of his and killed him, except one man who escaped on foot. ² When Ibn Unays came to the Prophet, the Prophet spat on his wound, and it did not fester and did not harm him. ²

"Al-mikhrash" and "al-mikhrah" are a crooked staff with which a camel is pulled; "al-shawhat" is a tree of the wood used for bows; "ummahu" means a wound to the head; "tafala" means to spit lightly. ²

• His name is Ibn Razam, and it is also said Ibn Raz. ¹
• Ibn Ishaq gives no date.
• After this, Ibn Ishaq mentions in the list the expedition of Abd Allah ibn Atik to Khaybar, in which he struck Abu Rafi ibn Abi al-Huqayq. ²