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The emigrants of Abyssinia return 
At the end of the Battle of Khaybar, Amr bin Umayya 
Damri, the envoy of the Prophet to the king of Abyssinia, 
returned with the Muslim emigrants. A band of them marched 
towards Khaybar, hoping to join the war, while the rest of the 
returning exiles went to Madinah. Among those who headed for 
the battlefield were Ja’far bin Abi Talib and Abu Musa Ash’ari . 
By the time they got to Khaybar, it had already been conquered, 
but the spoils of war were yet to be distributed. The Prophet
kissed Ja’far’s forehead in welcome and said, “By Allah, I do not 
know which pleases me more, - the conquest of Khaybar or the 

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arrival of Ja’far.” Along with those who actually fought in the 
battles, Ja’far received a share of the booty for attempting to 
participate in Jihad. 
Abu Hurayrah, who along with ‘Aishah is one of the main 
narrators of Hadeeth, was also among those who presented himself 
to the Prophet after the conquest. He had accepted the faith 
when he arrived in Madinah, while the Prophet was away 
leading the campaign at Khaybar. After obtaining permission 
from the authorities of Madinah, he left for Khaybar to enlist in 
the Muslim army, but arrived after the war. 
Abban bin Sa’eed also came to the Prophet following the 
conquest of Khaybar. He had been away leading a reconnaissance 
mission to Najid. The Prophet however, did not give him and 
his men a share of the booty from Khaybar. 
Division of Khaybar 
Although the terms of the surrender called for exile, which 
had been conceded in place of death, many of the Jews were 
reluctant to leave Khaybar. After obtaining immunity, they 
submitted a new proposal before the Prophet . The implored, 
“O Muhammad, let us stay to till this land, for we know more 
about it than you do. We will farm the land for payment of half its 
fruits and grain.” The Prophet granted their request, and 
subsequently the Jews lived in peace and security as wards of the 
Muslim state. However, during the caliphate of Umar , they 
resumed their subversive acts and were eventually exiled. 
As for the territory of Khaybar, the Prophet divided it into 
thirty-six parts, each part consisting of a hundred shares. Half of 
it was allocated to meet the needs of the entire community, and 
the other half, comprising of eighteen parts, was divided among 
the troops so that every foot soldier received one share for every 
three a cavalry soldier got. The 200 cavalry men, thus shared its 
six parts, while the 1200 foot soldiers divided twelve parts among 
themselves. 

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Khybar was a fertile area, replete with dates and grain, and its 
conquest brought prosperity for the Muslims. ‘Aishah relates 
that when Khaybar was conquered she rejoiced; “Now we shall 
get dates to the fill.” Upon returning from Khaybar, the poor 
Muhajireen, who had finally attained economic self-sufficiency, 
returned the date trees given to them by the Ansar.