Why Children & Women Of Banu Qurayza Were Enslaved?
They were conquered, but they did not volunteer to submit, therefore the conqueror had the authority to decide their fate. Since they were mischievous people, the rebels of God, therefore God Himself had been punishing them with the same punishment through other nations many a time in their history. God had warned them that if they did not resist opposing the divine message, He would do the same with them and He did. See the following verse from chapter 17 verses 3 to 8 “We had informed the Israelites about this decision of Ours in this very Book: [119] “Twice shall you surely create disorder in the land and show great rebelliousness; [120] [thus on both occasions you shall be sternly punished].” Then [you saw that] when the time for that first promise arrives, [121] We let loose on you such people [122] of Ours who were extremely powerful. So, they barged into your houses and that promise was fulfilled. [123] Then We rotated your turn to them and gave you wealth and children and made you a large group. [124] [This was a lesson for you that] if you do good deeds, it will be for yourself and if you do bad deeds, that too will be for yourself. [This was the first promise.] After that, when the time of the second promise arrives, We depute some other mighty people [125] of Ours so that they may ruin your faces and barge into your mosque the way they had done the first time and ravage whatever they can lay hands on. [126] [Even now, O Israelites] it may well be that your Lord shows mercy to you [once again]. But [remember that] if you do the same, We too shall do the same and We have made Hell a shed for such disbelievers. “