Jibril's Command to March on Banu Qurayzah

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi explains:

The Prophet ﷺ returned home from the Trench, reportedly to the house of Umm Salamah, and had barely set down his weapons around midday, the customary hour of rest in that climate, when Jibrīl appeared to him in fine dress, riding a mule with a silk-brocade saddle. Jibrīl asked whether he had laid down his weapons; the Prophet ﷺ confirmed he had. Jibrīl replied that the angels had not yet done so, and that he had just arrived with a fresh contingent, ready for further engagement. He then relayed Allah's command: the Prophet ﷺ was to march immediately against Banū Qurayẓah, while Jibrīl himself went ahead to shake the ground beneath them (muzalzil al-arḍ bihim).

Understanding there would be no pause for rest, the Prophet ﷺ sent a crier through Madinah with a binding order: no one was to pray ʿAṣr except upon arrival at Banū Qurayẓah, “lā yuṣalliyanna aḥadun al-ʿaṣra illā fī Banī Qurayẓah” (لَا يُصَلِّيَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْعَصْرَ إِلَّا فِي بَنِي قُرَيْظَةَ), a settlement roughly two hours' walk away. This command is preserved in virtually every collection of ḥadīth and every Sīrah text as one of the most discussed episodes of the Prophet's ﷺ life, both for its historical weight and, as Dr. Qadhi explains next, for the significant point of Islamic legal theory it produced.