they said swear to each other by allah that we will certainly make a sudden attack on him and his family by night then we will say to his heir we did not witness the destruction of his family and we are most surely truthful.
قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه وأهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك أهله وإنا لصادقون