 So they lay in wait for the Muslims, and when Muhammad ibn Maslamah arrived at the site, 100 men of the Banu Thalabah ambushed them, while the Muslims were making preparation to sleep, and after a brief resistance killed all of Muhammad ibn Maslamah's men.Muhammad ibn Maslamah pretended to be dead.A Muslim who happened to pass that way found him and assisted him to return to Medina.