▁s lain ▁relatives . ▁She ▁poison ed ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁l amb ▁that ▁she ▁cook ed ▁for ▁Muhammad ▁and ▁his ▁compan ions , ▁putting ▁the ▁most ▁poison ▁into ▁Muhammad ' s ▁favorite ▁part , ▁the ▁shoulder . ▁This ▁assass ination ▁attempt ▁failed ▁because ▁Muhammad ▁recogn ised ▁that ▁the ▁l amb ▁was ▁poison ed ▁and ▁sp at ▁it ▁out , ▁but ▁one ▁companion ▁a te ▁the ▁meat ▁and ▁died ▁and ▁Muhammad ' s ▁health ▁suffered ▁as ▁a ▁result . ▁ ▁The ▁victory ▁in ▁Kh ay bar ▁greatly ▁raised ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁Muhammad ▁among ▁his ▁follow ers ▁and ▁local ▁Bed ou in ▁tribes , ▁who , ▁seeing ▁his ▁power , ▁sw ore ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁Muhammad ▁and ▁converted ▁to ▁Islam . ▁The ▁captured ▁boot y ▁and ▁weapons ▁strength ened ▁his ▁army , ▁and ▁he ▁captured ▁Me cca ▁just ▁ 1 8 ▁months ▁after ▁Kh ay bar . ▁ ▁The ▁battle ▁in ▁classic ▁Islam ic ▁literature ▁According ▁to ▁main stream ▁Sun ni ▁opinion , ▁the ▁battle ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Sah ih ▁B uk h ari , ▁in ▁which ▁Muhammad ▁is ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁said ▁" Tom orrow ▁I ▁will ▁give ▁the ▁flag ▁to ▁a ▁man ▁with ▁whose ▁leadership ▁Al lah ▁will ▁grant ▁( the ▁Muslim ) ▁victory ." ▁After wards , ▁he ▁gave ▁the ▁flag ▁to ▁Ali . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁Sh ia ▁tradition , ▁Muhammad ▁called ▁for ▁Ali , ▁who ▁killed ▁a ▁Jewish ▁ch ie ft ain ▁with ▁a ▁sword - stroke , ▁which ▁split ▁in ▁two ▁the ▁hel met , ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁the