Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq was a chieftain of the Jewish tribes of the Khaybar oasis. When Al-Huqayq approached neighbouring tribes to raise an army to attack Muslims,Nomani (1979), vol. II, pg. 156Urwa, Fath al-Bari, Vol. VII, pg. 363 they assassinated him, aided by an Arab who spoke a Jewish dialect. His nephew Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf was also assassinated at Muhammad's order.Muhammad ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad, trans. Alfred Guillaume, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955, pp. 364-369.
He succeeded Huyayy ibn Akhtab who was killed in 627 CE alongside Banu Qurayza. He was succeeded by Usayr ibn Zarim.
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