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Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it

After the Trench, later sira dates the killing of Banu Qurayza's fighting men and the enslavement of others under a judgment Muhammad accepted. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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After the Trench, later sira dates the killing of Banu Qurayza's fighting men and the enslavement of others under a judgment Muhammad accepted. It is a completed lethal sentence, not a parable. Muhammad's documented role is: He accepted Sa'd ibn Mu'adh's judgment and the sentence was carried out in the received file. He did not sit as a modern court of appeal.

Context

Sa'd ibn Mu'adh is the named arbiter in the standard telling. Sharing the sentence with that arbitration is required. Confidence on unique headcount is medium because later numbers vary. The setting of Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it is the public file around 0627-03-01. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it on 0627-03-01. Unique headcounts beyond the chronicles are not invented. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it are separate paths.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Muhammad

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.68 · verified

    He accepted Sa'd ibn Mu'adh's judgment and the sentence was carried out in the received file. He did not sit as a modern court of appeal.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Cambridge History of Islam — Meccan period chaptersCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Muhammad, public Meccan preachingEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Muhammad, Banu Qurayza at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Cambridge History of Islam — Qurayza after the Trench at https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-islam/ (opens in a new tab) (Cambridge University Press). Official carrier: Britannica — Muhammad, Banu Qurayza (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Cambridge History of Islam — Qurayza after the Trench (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-islam/ (opens in a new tab); Cambridge University Press).

Established: a sourced public record of Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it under 0627-03-01 for Muhammad. Established: a sourced public record of Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it under 0627-03-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it. Naming Muhammad does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0627-03-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMuhammad
  2. contributed toFactBanu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Banu Qurayza men are killed and others enslaved after the Trench as later sira dates it. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/muh-qurayza-627

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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