Hz. Peygamber Zamanında Medine’de Müslüman-Yahudi İlişkilerini Anlamak

Farhana binti Ideris*[1]

      Öznur Özdemir**

Article Information/Makale Bilgisi

Article Type: Research Article / Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi

Date Received: 23 October 2021/Geliş Tarihi: 23 Ekim 2021

Date Accepted: 14 December 2021/Kabul Tarihi:14 Aralık 2021

Abstract

From the first years of Islam, the Jews had been regarded as the most important non-Muslim community for the Muslims because they represented the majority of the communities in Medina. Although their knowledge of prophethood, the Jews are known for their denial of Prophet Muhammad. This paper explains how Prophet Muhammad treated the Jewish in Medina during his era by reviewing narrations in early sources, verses about Jews, and related modern studies. It is shown that Prophet Muhammad practices kindness towards others, including the enemies, as well as practicing firms in his decision and actions. It should be emphasized that the article is not seeking a new claim on the treatment of the Jews in Medina. However, the critical points by reviewing the related traditions were presented in order, and the historical data about the Medina era has been evaluated to reach some findings. The most important one of the findings was that the Prophet intended to keep the agreement with the Jews until the last moment, and he avoided war. However, in three independent examples which are given in the article, the party that broke the agreement was the Jews. Once the contract was broken, they were treated harshly; the Muslims showed their strength by expelling…