Al-Raji is a location in Saudi Arabia near al-Najdiyya.Rizwi Faizer, The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 174, Routledge, 2013, During the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's era the Expedition of Al Raji took place here. Some men requested that Muhammad send instructors to teach them Islam,Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 187. (online) but the men were bribed by the two tribes of Khuzaymah who wanted revenge for the assassination of Khalid bin Sufyan by Muhammad's followers. (online) According to William Montgomery Watt, the seven men Muhammad sent may have been spies for Muhammad and instructors for Arab tribes. (online) Watt's claim that they were spies and not missionaries is mentioned in the Sunni hadith collection Sahih al-BukhariKailtyn Chick, Kailtyn Chick, p. 338, Hamlet Book Publishing, 2013
See also List of expeditions of Muhammad
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