Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Abu al-Yaman related to us: Shu‘ayb informed us, from Abdullah ibn Abi Husayn: Nafi ibn Jubayr related to us, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The liar Musaylima came during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), saying, “If Muhammad appoints me to succeed him, I will follow him.” He came with many people from his tribe. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to him with Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) held a piece of palm stalk in his hand. When he stood before Musaylima among his companions, he said, “Even if you asked me for this piece, I would not give it to you. You will not escape what Allah has decreed concerning you. If you turn away, Allah will surely destroy you. I see that you are the one about whom I was shown what I saw. This is Thabit, who will answer you on my behalf.” Then he turned away from him. Ibn Abbas said: I asked about the Messenger of Allah’s words, “I see that you are the one about whom I was shown what I saw.” Abu Hurayra informed me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “While I was asleep, I saw two gold bracelets on my hands, and their matter troubled me. Then it was revealed to me in a dream: ‘Blow on them.’ I blew on them, and they flew away. I interpreted them as two liars who would appear after me: al-Ansi and Musaylima.”

Ishaq ibn Nasr related to us: Abd al-Razzaq related to us, from Ma‘mar, from Hammam, who heard Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) say that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “While I was asleep, I was brought the treasures of the earth, and two gold bracelets were placed in my palm. They weighed heavily on me, then it was revealed to me: ‘Blow on them.’ I blew on them, and they went away. I interpreted them as the two liars between whom I am: the man of Sana‘a and the man of Yamama.”

Al-Salt ibn Muhammad related to us, saying: I heard Mahdi ibn Maymun say: I heard Abu Raja al-Utaridi say: We used to worship stones. When we found a stone better than the one we had, we threw the first away and took the other. If we found no stone, we gathered a mound of earth, brought a sheep, milked it over the mound, and circumambulated it. When the month of Rajab began, we would say, “The month for removing spearheads.” We would leave no spear with an iron point or arrow with an iron tip without removing and casting it away during Rajab. I heard Abu Raja say: On the day the Prophet (ﷺ) was sent, I was a boy tending my family’s camels. When we heard of his appearance, we fled to the fire—to the liar Musaylima.

Sa‘id ibn Muhammad al-Jarmi related to us: Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim related to us: My father related to us, from Salih, from Ibn Ubayda ibn Nashit—who in another place is named Abdullah—that Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba said: We were told that the liar Musaylima came to Medina and stayed at the house of the daughter of al-Harith. His wife was the daughter of al-Harith ibn Kurayz, the mother of Abdullah ibn Amir. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to him with Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, who was called the orator of the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a staff in his hand. He stood before Musaylima and spoke to him. Musaylima said, “If you wish, leave the authority between us, then make it ours after you.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Even if you asked me for this staff, I would not give it to you. I see that you are the one about whom I was shown what I saw. This is Thabit ibn Qays, and he will answer you on my behalf.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) turned away. Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah said: I asked Abdullah ibn Abbas about the vision of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he had mentioned. Ibn Abbas said: I was told that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “While I was asleep, I was shown two gold bracelets placed in my hands. I was alarmed by them and disliked them. Then I was given permission, so I blew on them and they flew away. I interpreted them as two liars who would appear.” Ubaydullah said: One was al-Ansi, whom Fayruz killed in Yemen, and the other was the liar Musaylima.

Abbas ibn al-Husayn related to me: Yahya ibn Adam related to us, from Isra’il, from Abu Ishaq, from Sila ibn Zufar, from Hudhayfa, who said: Al-Aqib and al-Sayyid, the two leaders of Najran, came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), intending to engage in mutual imprecation with him. One said to the other, “Do not do it. By Allah, if he is a prophet and we invoke a curse against each other, neither we nor our descendants after us will prosper.” They said, “We will give you what you ask of us, but send a trustworthy man with us; send no one except a trustworthy man.” He said, “I will send with you a man truly trustworthy.” The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) strained to be chosen. He said, “Stand up, Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah.” When he stood, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “This is the trustworthy one of this community.”

Muhammad ibn Bashshar related to us: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far related to us: Shu‘ba said: I heard Abu Ishaq, from Sila ibn Zufar, from Hudhayfa (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The people of Najran came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Send us a trustworthy man.” He said, “I will certainly send you a man truly trustworthy.” The people strained to be chosen, and he sent Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah.

Abu al-Walid related to us: Shu‘ba related to us, from Khalid, from Abu Qilaba, from Anas, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “Every community has a trustworthy person, and the trustworthy person of this community is Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah.”

Qutayba ibn Sa‘id related to us: Sufyan heard Ibn al-Munkadir say that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told me, “When the revenue of Bahrain comes, I will give you this much and this much,” three times. The revenue of Bahrain did not arrive until after the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had died. When it came to Abu Bakr, he ordered a caller to announce, “Whoever has a debt or promise due from the Prophet (ﷺ), let him come to me.” Jabir said: I went to Abu Bakr and told him that the Prophet (ﷺ) had said, “When the revenue of Bahrain comes, I will give you this much and this much,” three times. He gave me something. Jabir said: After that, I met Abu Bakr and asked him, but he did not give me. I came to him again, and he did not give me. I came a third time, and he did not give me. I said, “I came to you and you did not give me; then I came again and you did not give me; then I came a third time and you did not give me. Either give me, or be stingy with me.” He said, “Did you say, ‘Be stingy with me’? What disease is worse than stinginess?” He said this three times, then added, “Every time I withheld it from you, I intended to give it to you.” From Amr, from Muhammad ibn Ali: I heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say: I came to Abu Bakr, and he said to me, “Count it.” I counted it and found it to be five hundred. He said, “Take the same amount twice over.”

Abdullah ibn Muhammad and Ishaq ibn Nasr related to me: Yahya ibn Adam related to us: Ibn Abi Za’ida related to us, from his father, from Abu Ishaq, from al-Aswad ibn Yazid, from Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: My brother and I came from Yemen and stayed for some time, seeing Ibn Masud and his mother so frequently entering upon and staying close to the Prophet’s household that we thought they were members of the household.

Abu Nuaym related to us: Abd al-Salam related to us, from Ayyub, from Abu Qilaba, from Zahdam, who said: When Abu Musa arrived, he honored this group from Jarm. We were sitting with him while he ate chicken for lunch. A man was sitting among the people, and Abu Musa invited him to eat. The man said, “I saw it eating something, and I found it repulsive.” Abu Musa said, “Come, for I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) eat it.” The man said, “I have sworn not to eat it.” Abu Musa said, “Come, I will tell you about your oath. A group of us from the Ash‘ari clan came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked him for mounts. He refused to provide them, so we asked again, and he swore that he would not provide us mounts. Soon afterward, some camels from the spoils were brought to the Prophet (ﷺ), and he ordered that five camels be given to us. When we received them, we said, ‘We have made the Prophet (ﷺ) forget his oath; we will never prosper after this.’ I went to him and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you swore not to provide us mounts, but you have provided them.’ He said, ‘Yes. Whenever I swear an oath and then see that something else is better than it, I do what is better.’”

Amr ibn Ali related to me: Abu Asim related to us: Sufyan related to us: Abu Sakhra, Jami ibn Shaddad, related to us: Safwan ibn Mihran al-Mazini related to us: Imran ibn Husayn, who said: Banu Tamim came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said, “Rejoice, Banu Tamim!” They said, “Since you have given us good tidings, give us something.” The Messenger of Allah’s face changed. Then some people from Yemen came, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Accept the good tidings, since Banu Tamim did not accept them.” They said, “We accept them, Messenger of Allah.”

Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Ju‘fi related to me: Wahb ibn Jarir related to us: Shu‘ba related to us, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from Abu Masud, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Faith is here,” and gestured with his hand toward Yemen. “Coarseness and hardness of heart are among the loud camel-drivers, at the roots of the camels’ tails, from where the two horns of Satan rise: Rabi‘a and Mudar.”

Muhammad ibn Bashshar related to us: Ibn Abi Adi related to us, from Shu‘ba, from Sulayman, from Dhakwan, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “The people of Yemen have come to you. They are more tender-hearted and softer in heart. Faith is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni. Pride and arrogance are among the camel owners, while tranquility and dignity are among the sheep owners.” Ghundar also narrated it from Shu‘ba, from Sulayman, who said: I heard Dhakwan, from Abu Hurayra, from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Isma‘il related to us, saying: My brother related to me, from Sulayman, from Thawr ibn Zayd, from Abu al-Ghayth, from Abu Hurayra, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Faith is Yemeni, and tribulation is here, here; from here the horn of Satan rises.”

Abu al-Yaman informed us: Shu‘ayb informed us: Abu al-Zinad related to us, from al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “The people of Yemen have come to you, more tender in heart and gentler in feeling. Understanding of religion is Yemeni, and wisdom is Yemeni.”

Abdan related to us, from Abu Hamza, from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim, from Alqama, who said: We were sitting with Ibn Masud when Khabbab came and said, “Abu Abd al-Rahman, can these young men recite as you do?” He said, “If you wish, I can ask one of them to recite to you.” Khabbab said, “Yes.” He said, “Recite, Alqama.” Zayd ibn Hudayr, the brother of Ziyad ibn Hudayr, said, “Are you asking Alqama to recite when he is not the best reciter among us?” Ibn Masud said, “If you wish, I can tell you what the Prophet (ﷺ) said about your people and his people.” I recited fifty verses from Surat Maryam. Abdullah said, “What do you think?” Khabbab replied, “He has done well.” Abdullah said, “Whatever I recite, he recites.” Then he turned to Khabbab, who was wearing a gold ring, and said, “Is it not time for this ring to be thrown away?” Khabbab said, “You will not see it on me after today,” and threw it away. Ghundar narrated it from Shu‘ba.

Abu Nuaym related to us: Sufyan related to us, from Ibn Dhakwan, from Abd al-Rahman al-A‘raj, from Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: Tufayl ibn Amr came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “Daws have perished; they disobeyed and refused, so invoke Allah against them.” He said, “O Allah, guide Daws and bring them to me.”

Muhammad ibn al-Ala related to me: Abu Usama related to us: Isma‘il related to us, from Qays, from Abu Hurayra, who said: When I came to the Prophet (ﷺ), I said on the road: “O night, how long and arduous you were, yet from the abode of disbelief you have delivered me.” A young servant of mine had run away on the road. When I arrived before the Prophet (ﷺ), I pledged allegiance to him. While I was with him, the servant appeared. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Abu Hurayra, is this your servant?” I said, “He is for Allah’s sake,” and I freed him.

Musa ibn Isma‘il related to us: Abu Awana related to us: Abd al-Malik related to us, from Amr ibn Hurayth, from Adi ibn Hatim, who said: We came to Umar as part of a delegation. He began calling the men one by one by their names. I said, “Do you not know me, Commander of the Faithful?” He said, “Indeed: you accepted Islam when they disbelieved; you came forward when they turned away; you remained faithful when they betrayed; and you recognized the truth when they denied it.” Adi said, “Then I do not mind.”

Isma‘il ibn Abdullah related to us: Malik related to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: We set out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for the Farewell Pilgrimage and entered ihram for Umra. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Whoever has a sacrificial animal with him should enter ihram for Hajj along with Umra, and should not exit ihram until completing both.” I arrived in Mecca with him while menstruating, so I did not circumambulate the House or go between al-Safa and al-Marwa. I complained to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he said, “Undo your hair, comb it, enter ihram for Hajj, and leave the Umra.” I did so. When we had completed Hajj, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me with Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq to al-Tan‘im, and I performed Umra. He said, “This is in place of your Umra.” Aisha said: Those who had entered ihram for Umra circumambulated the House and went between al-Safa and al-Marwa, then exited ihram. After returning from Mina, they performed another circumambulation. As for those who combined Hajj and Umra, they performed only one circumambulation.