 Ibn Ubayy's last sentence has been interpreted in various ways.Rodinson considered it as threat against Muhammad, Watt that Ibn Ubayy "urged their importance as a fighting unit in view of the expected Meccan onslaught".Muslims have traditionally seen the episode as another piece of evidence for Ibn Ubayy's hypocrisy since he insisted that adherence to Islam had not completely severed the old obligations of tribal and personal loyalty.