The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 105
105 appointed small contingents to guard the fringes of Medina. He informed the Muslims that an epidemic of rebellion had spread all over the country and the delegation of the rebels had figured out the scantiness of the Muslims and that it was a matter of conjecture whether the enemy would attack during the night or would wait till daybreak and that the Muslims should be fully prepared. Only three days had elapsed that the rebel army attacked Medina at night. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra gathered the Muslims and came forth to battle and made the enemy retreat. The majority of the tribe of Ban u H an i fa joined Musailma. He seized Yam a ma and expelled its governor, Hadrat Thum a ma bin Ath a l ra who had been appointed by the Holy Prophet sa. Musailma gathered a lot of strength and force. A woman by the name of Saj ah , who had made a claim to prophethood, came forth to battle with him. He was apprehensive of her and having reconciled with her, persuaded her into battle with Muslims in these words: 'Had the Quraish (Muslims) been fair, they would have kept half the country and handed over the other half to us. However, they have been oppressive to us. Will you be willing to marry me, so that we can both get together with our tribes and swallow the entire Arab tribes. ' He thus married Saj ah and came out to fight the Muslims. His army