As darkness approached and the Muslims were at prayer in the Mosque, Abu Sufyan ventured into Medina and made straight for the house of a Jew named Huyay, Akhtab's son, and announced himself as he knocked at the door.
Njengoba ubumnyama wasondela amaSulumane ayesemnyango nomthandazo in the Mosque, Abu Sufyan bafika Medina futhi wenza iqonde indlu umJuda okuthiwa Huyay, indodana Akhtab, futhi wamemezela yena njengoba engqongqoza emnyango.