it should be noted that the custom of capturing women and children while killing men was part of the rules of war introduced by the Jews, as stated in Deuteronomy 20:10-14. It is clear that Muhammad, who considered himself a Prophet as those who came before him and as continuing their prophecies, agreed with Allah’s word as given in the Qur’an and treated the Jewish captives the same way that the Jews had treated their enemies in the Bible.
- Ronen Yitzhak, Western Galilee College, Israel on page 10 of "Muhammad’s Jewish Wives"