uy ay y ' s ▁death , ▁Ab u ▁al - R af i ▁ibn ▁Ab i ▁al - H u q ay q ▁took ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁Ban u ▁Nad ir ▁at ▁Kh ay bar . ▁Al - H u q ay q ▁soon ▁approached ▁neighbor ing ▁tribes ▁to ▁raise ▁an ▁army ▁against ▁Muhammad . ▁After ▁learning ▁this , ▁the ▁Muslim s , ▁a ided ▁by ▁an ▁Arab ▁with ▁a ▁Jewish ▁dialect , ▁assass in ated ▁him . ▁ ▁Al - H u q ay q ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Us ay r ▁ibn ▁Zar im . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁recorded ▁by ▁one ▁source ▁that ▁Us ay r ▁also ▁approached ▁the ▁Gh ata fan ▁and ▁rum ors ▁spread ▁that ▁he ▁intended ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁" cap ital ▁of ▁Muhammad ". ▁The ▁latter ▁sent ▁Abd ul lah ▁bin ▁Raw aha ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁his ▁compan ions , ▁among ▁whom ▁was ▁Abd ul lah ▁bin ▁Un ays , ▁an ▁al ly ▁of ▁Ban u ▁Sal ima , ▁a ▁cl an ▁host ile ▁to ▁the ▁Jews . ▁When ▁they ▁came ▁to ▁Us ay r , ▁they ▁told ▁him ▁that ▁if ▁he ▁would ▁come ▁to ▁Muhammad , ▁Muhammad ▁would ▁give ▁him ▁an ▁appointment ▁and ▁honour ▁him . ▁They ▁kept ▁on ▁at ▁him ▁until ▁he ▁went ▁with ▁them ▁with ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Jews . ▁Abd ul lah ▁bin ▁Un ays ▁mounted ▁him ▁on ▁his ▁be ast ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁al - Q ar q ara , ▁about ▁six ▁miles ▁from ▁Kh ay bar . ▁Us ay