It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with her when a man greeted us with salam while we were in the house. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) immediately stood up in alarm, and I followed him out and saw that it was Dihyah al-Kalbi (that is, Jibril (peace be upon him) in his form). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is Jibril; he is commanding me to go to Banu Qurayzah. He said: You have laid down your weapons, but we have not yet laid them down; we pursued the polytheists until we reached Hamra' al-Asad." This happened when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had returned from the Trench. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up quickly and said to his Companions: "I make it binding upon you that none of you should pray the Asr prayer until you reach Banu Qurayzah." The sun set before they reached them. One group of the Muslims said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not intend that you should abandon the prayer, so they prayed. Another group said: We are carrying out the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and there is no sin upon us (for the delay). So one group prayed out of faith and in hope of reward, and the other group delayed the prayer (on the way) out of faith and in hope of reward, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not find fault with either group. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out and passed by some gatherings that lay between him and Qurayzah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Has anyone passed by you?" They said: Dihyah al-Kalbi passed by us on a white mule, with a silk cloth beneath him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That was not Dihyah; rather, it was Jibril (peace be upon him), who has been sent to Banu Qurayzah to shake them and cast terror into their hearts." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) besieged them and ordered his Companions to take cover behind their shields so that he could make them hear his words. He called out to them: "O brothers of apes and swine!" They said: O Abu al-Qasim! You were never one to use foul speech. He continued the siege until they surrendered to the judgment of Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him), who was their ally. He judged concerning them that their fighting men should be killed, and their children and women taken captive. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), because both of them relied on Abdullah bin Umar al-Umari in supporting narrations, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Atiyyah al-Qurazi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: At the time of (the judgement on) Banu Qurayzah we were presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and whoever among us had reached puberty or had grown pubic hair was killed. They looked at me, and my pubic hair had not yet grown, so I was left alone. This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; and it has several chains from Abd al-Malik bin Umayr, among them (those of) al-Thawri, Shu'bah and Zuhayr.