The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) – Volume III — Page 28
Seal of the Prophets - Volume III 28 Holy Prophet sa , they wished that he would be silent, so as to save himself the discomfort of repeating this admonition. Sariyyah of Zaid bin Ḥārithah ra to Ṭarif - Jamādi’ul-Ākhir 6 A. H. Sometime after the Ghazwah of Banū Liḥyān, in Jamādi’ul-Ākhir 6 A. H. , the Holy Prophet sa dispatched a squadron of 15 men in the command of Zaid bin Ḥārithah ra towards Ṭarif, which was located at a distance of 36 miles from Madīnah. In those days, the people of Banū Thu‘labah resided there, but before Zaid bin Ḥārithah ra could reach it, the people of this tribe received a timely alert and dispersed. After a temporary absence of a few days, Zaid bin Ḥārithah ra and his comp anions returned to Madīnah. During this expedition, the military slogan of the Muslims was ْ اَمِت ْ اَمِت. 1 Sariyyah of Zaid ra to Ḥismā - Jamādi’ul-Ākhir 6 A. H. In this month, Jamādi’ul-Ākhir, the Holy Prophet sa sent Zaid bin Ḥārithah ra with 500 Muslims towards Ḥismā to the north of Madīnah, which was the settlement of the Banū Juzām. The purpose of this expedition was because a companion of the Holy Prophet sa named Diḥyah Kalbī ra was returning from Syria after meeting the Caesar of Rome. 2 He was accompanied by goods as well, some of which were in the form of gifts, etc. from Caesar 3 , while some were goods of trade. 4 When Diḥyah ra passed by the region of the Banū Juzām, the chief of the tribe, Ḥunaid bin ‘Arīd, took a party of his tribe and attacked Diḥyah ra , and seized all his goods to the extent that they left nothing on the body of Diḥyah ra except for a few torn clothes. When news of this reached the Banū Ḍubaib, 1 * The slogan ‘amit amit’ means, ‘bring death, bring death. ’ (Publishers) * Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 293, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilaṭ-Ṭarafi, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 2 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 293, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilā Ḥismā, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 3 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 293, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilā Ḥismā, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) 4 Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, p. 130, Sariyyatuhū Ilā Ḥismā, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)