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As for al-Waqidi, his account is as follows. According to al-Waqidi--Muhammad b. Yahya b. Sahl b. Abi Hathmah--his father [Yahya b. Sahl b. Abi Hathmah]: The Prophet sent Ibn Abi Hadrad in this party with Abu Qatadah. The party consisted of sixteen men, and they were away fifteen nights. Their shares [of booty] were twelve camels [for each man], each camel being accounted equal to ten sheep or goats. When the people fled in various directions, they took four women, including one young woman who was very beautiful. She fell to Abu Qatadah. Then Mahmiyah b. al-Jaz' spoke of her to the Messenger of God, and the Messenger of God asked Abu Qatadah about her. Abu Qatadah said, "I purchased her from the spoils." The Messenger of God said, "Give her to me." So he gave her to him, and the Messenger of God gave her to Mahmiyah b. Jaz' al-Zubaydi.}}
As for al-Waqidi, his account is as follows. According to al-Waqidi--Muhammad b. Yahya b. Sahl b. Abi Hathmah--his father [Yahya b. Sahl b. Abi Hathmah]: The Prophet sent Ibn Abi Hadrad in this party with Abu Qatadah. The party consisted of sixteen men, and they were away fifteen nights. Their shares [of booty] were twelve camels [for each man], each camel being accounted equal to ten sheep or goats. When the people fled in various directions, they took four women, including one young woman who was very beautiful. She fell to Abu Qatadah. Then Mahmiyah b. al-Jaz' spoke of her to the Messenger of God, and the Messenger of God asked Abu Qatadah about her. Abu Qatadah said, "I purchased her from the spoils." The Messenger of God said, "Give her to me." So he gave her to him, and the Messenger of God gave her to Mahmiyah b. Jaz' al-Zubaydi.}}


{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 153}}|Abdallah Rawahah encouraged the men, saying, ‘By Allah, what you loathe is the very thing you came out to seek—martyrdom. We are not fighting the enemy with number, strength, or multitude, but we are fighting them with this religion with which Allah has honored us. So come on! Both prospects are fine: victory or martyrdom.'|See Also Ishaq 533}}
{{Quote|{{citation|title=The History of al-Tabari|trans_title=Ta’rikh al-rusul wa’l-muluk|volume=vol. VIII|ISBN=0-7914-3149-5|year=1997|publisher=SUNY Press|author=al-Tabari (d. 923)|editor=Michael Fishbein|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryAlTabari40Vol/History_Al-Tabari_10_Vol/page/n2028/mode/2up|pages=152-154}}<br>{{citation|title=تاريخ الرسل والملوك|author=أبو جعفر الطبري|url=https://app.turath.io/book/9783|publisher=al-Maktabah al-Shamilah|volume=vol. 3|pages=36-38}}<br>See Also Ishaq 533|The Expedition to Mu'tah:<br>
 
According to Ibn Humayd--Salamah--Ibn Ishaq, who said: After the Messenger of God returned to Medina from Khaybar, he stayed in Medina for the two months of Rabi'; then, in Jumada I, he sent out his expedition to Syria whose members met with disaster at Mu'tah.<br>
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 153}}|I ask the Merciful One for a pardon and for a sword blow that makes a wide wound that shoots out foaming blood. For a deadly thrust by a thirsty sword, and a lance that pierces right through the guts and liver. People shall say, when they pass my grave, ‘Allah guided you the right way, O warrior.'}}
According to Ibn Humayd--Salamah--Muhammad b. Ishaq Muhammad b. Ja'far b. al-Zubayr--'Urwah b. al-Zubayr, who said: The Messenger of God sent his expedition to Mu'tah in Jumada I of the year 8. He put Zayd b. Harithah in command of the men and said, "If Zayd b. Harithah is killed, Ja'far b. Abi Talib shall be in command of the men; if Ja'far is killed, 'Abdallah b. Rawa^ah shall be in command." The men equipped themselves and made ready to set out. They numbered 3,000. When the time for their departure came, the people said goodbye to the commanders of the Messenger of God, wishing them safety and bidding them farewell. When 'Abdallah b. Rawahah said goodbye with the other commanders of the Messenger of God who were doing so, he wept. They said to him, "What is making you weep, Ibn Rawahah?" He said, "By God, I have no love of this world or excessive love for you, but I heard the Messenger of God recite a verse from the Book of God that mentioned the Fire [of Hell]-'Not one of you there is, but he shall go down to it; that for thy Lord is a thing decreed, determined'-and I do not know how I can come out after going down." The Muslims said, "May God accompany you, defend you, and bring you back to us in good health." Then 'Abdallah b. Rawahah recited:
 
:But I ask the Merciful One for pardon,
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 171}}|Muhammad said, ‘Woe to the Quraysh! If Allah's Apostle surprises them in their territory and enters Mecca by force, it means the destruction of the Quraysh.'}}
:and for a sword blow that makes a wide wound that shoots out foaming [blood];
:Or a deadly thrust by a thirsty one,
:by a lance that pierces right through the guts and the liver;
:So that people shall say, when they pass my grave:
:"God guided you aright, O warrior who followed the right way."<br>
Then the men made ready to depart. 'Abdallah b. Rawahah went to the Messenger of God and said goodbye to him. The men set out, and the Messenger of God went out to see them off; having bidden them farewell, he returned from them. 'Abdallah b. Rawahah recited:
:May [He who is] Peace supply the place [of the departing ones]
:to a man to whom I bade farewell
:among the palm trees-the best escort and friend!<br>
They journeyed on and encamped at Mu'an in the land of Syria. The men learned that Heraclius had encamped with 100,000 Byzantines at Ma'ab in the territory of al-Balqa'. Joined to him were Arab auxiliaries from [the tribes of] Lakhm, Judham, Balqayn, Bahra', and Bali, numbering 100,000 and commanded by a man from [the tribe of] Bali and of the subdivision Irashah, named Malik b. Rafilah. When the Muslims received word of this, they stayed at Mu'an two nights, considering what to do. They said: "We will write to the Messenger of God and inform him of the number of our enemy. Either he will reinforce us with men or he will give us his command that we should return to him." 'Abdallah b. Rawahah encouraged the men, saying: "Men, by God, what you loathe is the very thing you came out to seek martyrdom. We do not fight the enemy by number, strength, or multitude; we fight them only by this religion with which God has honored us. Go forward, for it is one of two good things: victory or martyrdom." The men said, "By God, Ibn Rawahah has spoken the truth." So the men went forward.}}


{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 163}}|The Prophet said, ‘I think you will see Abu Sufyan [the leading Meccan merchant] come to strengthen the pact and extend the term.'}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 163}}|The Prophet said, ‘I think you will see Abu Sufyan [the leading Meccan merchant] come to strengthen the pact and extend the term.'}}
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{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 165}}|There is nothing that you can do to make peace with him.}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 165}}|There is nothing that you can do to make peace with him.}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 171}}|Muhammad said, ‘Woe to the Quraysh! If Allah's Apostle surprises them in their territory and enters Mecca by force, it means the destruction of the Quraysh.'}}


{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 176}}|The Prophet sent out his army in divisions. Zubayr was in charge of the left wing. He was ordered to make an entry with his forces from Kuda. Sa’d was commanded to enter with forces by way of Kada. Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Today is a day for battle and war. Sanctuary is no more. Today the sacred territory is deemed profane [ungodly and sacrilegious].’ When one of the Muhajirs [Emigrants] heard him say this, he warned the Apostle, ‘It is to be feared that you would resort to violence.’ The Prophet ordered Ali to go after him, to take the flag from him, and fight with it himself.}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|8|p. 176}}|The Prophet sent out his army in divisions. Zubayr was in charge of the left wing. He was ordered to make an entry with his forces from Kuda. Sa’d was commanded to enter with forces by way of Kada. Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Today is a day for battle and war. Sanctuary is no more. Today the sacred territory is deemed profane [ungodly and sacrilegious].’ When one of the Muhajirs [Emigrants] heard him say this, he warned the Apostle, ‘It is to be feared that you would resort to violence.’ The Prophet ordered Ali to go after him, to take the flag from him, and fight with it himself.}}
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