ACCOUNT OF THE DEPUTATIONS OF THE ARABS TOTHE APOSTLE OF ALLAH, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM-

Volume 1, Parts II.74.1
He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad IbnUmar Ibn Waqid al-Aslami
informed us; he said: Kathir Ibn Abd Allah al-Muzani related to me on the authority of his father, he on the authority his (Kathir's) grandfather; he said: The first deputation that waited on the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, was of Mudar. (They were) four hundred persons of Muzaynah, and was in Rajah in 5 A.H. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, considered (their stay) in their homes as hijrah (i.e. from the point of reward) and said: you are muhajirs whereever you are, so retire to your property. Consequently they returned to their towns. Volume 1, Parts II.74.2 He (Ibn Sad) said: Hisham lbn Muhammad Ibn al-Sa’ib al-Kalbi
informed us; he said: Abu Miskin and Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Ijláni informed us; they said: A few persons of Muzaynah including Khuzài Ibn Abd Nuhm waited on the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. He (Khuzái) offered bay’ah
on behalf of his people, Muzaynah; ten persons had come with him
among whom were; Bilal Ibn al-Harith, al-Nu’man Ibn Muqarrin, Abu
Asma, Usamah, Ubayd Allah Ibn Burdah,Abd Allah Ibn Durrah, Bishr
Ibn al-Muhtafir. Muhammad lbn Sad said: Some one other than Hisham said: Dukayn Ibn Sad and Amr IbnAwf were among them.
He (Ibn Sad) said: Hisham said in his narration: Khuza'i went to his people, but he did not find them where he thought they would be, and so he stayed there. Thereupon the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, called Hassan Ibn Thabit and said: Remind Khuzai but do not satirize
him. Then Hassan Ibn Thabit said:
Hearken, send a messenger to Khuzai, That fidelity removes blemish, You are the best of (the children) of 'Uthmán IbnAmr,
And when virtues are mentioned you possess the best of them;
And you offered bayah to the Apostle and it was a virtue; That led you to virtue, and prosperity led you there, It should not render you helpless, what you cannot forbear, Of things and that should not render the 'Ada helpless. [P. 39] He (Ibn Sa'd) said:Ada was the branch (of Muzaynah) to
which he belonged. He (Ibn Sa’d) said: On this Khuza’i stood up and
said: 0 people ! the poet of the (great) man has specially addressed you, so
I exhort you in the name of Allah. They said: We will not let you down.
He (Ibn Sad) said: Tney embraced Islam and waited on the Prophet, may Allah bless him. The Apostle of Allah, gave the banner of Muzaynah on the day of Victory of Makkah to Khuzai and on that day their
number was one thousand persons. He (Khuzai) was the brother of the father ofAbd Allah Ibn al-Mughaffal and brother of `Abd Allah, Dhu alBajadin

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