36. EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE PROPHET’S RETURN TO MADINAH AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE BATTLE OF TABOOK
Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “This is Heerah Al-Baida’, it has been shown to me, and here is Ash-Shaima’ Bint Buqailah Al-Azdiyyah riding an ash-colored mule donning a black veil.” I said: “Messenger of Allah, if we enter Heerah and I find her as you have described, would she be mine?” The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: “She will be yours.” Later (after the Prophet’s death) occurred the apostasy (of the Arab tribes)
Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed marched against Musailimah, the liar, and we marched along with him. When we were through with Musailimah, we went toward Basrah where we confronted Hurmuz at Kazimah; he was in command of an army which outnumbered ours. There was no one who had a greater enmity to the Arabs and to Islam than Hurmuz. Khalid stepped forward inviting him to a duel. He accepted Khalid’s challenge and Khalid killed him quickly. He wrote the account of the event to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and he sent along with it Hurmuz’s cap. The price of the cap reached 100,000 Dirhams. It was the custom of the Persians that if a man attained a high rank among them, they would make for him a cap worth 100,000 Dirhams.
Then we returned to the route back to Heerah. The first person we met upon entering Heerah was Shaima’ Bint Buqailah, exactly as mentioned by Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. She was riding an ash colored mule donning a black veil. I loved the sight of her and I said: “This is a gift which Allah’s Messenger had given to me.” Khalid summoned me concerning her and asked for evidence, which I brought to him. The evidences were (the testimony of) Muhammad Ibn Maslamah and Muhammad Ibn Basheer Al-Ansari. Convinced of my claim, he handed her to me. Her brother, Abdul-Maseeh, came to me with the intention of taking her back. He said to me: “Sell her to me.” I replied: “I shall not decrease her price from one thousand Dirhams.” He gave me one thousand Dirhams and I handed her over to him. Some people said: “If you had placed a price of 100,000, he would have paid that to you.” I said: “I did not know that there was a number greater than 1,000.”
By: Ibn Katheer
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