Day: June 10, 2023

The Deputation of Banu al-Bakka
Volume 1, Parts II.74.22
He (lbn Sad) said: Muhammad Ibn 'Umar al-Aslami informed us; he said:Abd Allah Ibn Amir related to me on the authority ofAbd Allah
lbn Amir al-Bakká'i, of Banu 'Amir Ibn Sasaah; (second chain) he (Ibn Sad) said: Muhriz lbn Jafar related to me on the authority of al-Ja'd IbnAbd Allah Ibn Amir al-Bakka'i of Banu 'Amir Ibn Sasaah, he on the authority of his father; they said: A deputation of Banu al-Bakká, consisting of three members Muáwiyah
Ibn Thawr lbn ‘Ubadah lbn al-Bakká, who was that day one hundred
years old, his son who was called Bishr, and al-FujayIbnAbd Allah lbn
Jundah lbn al-Bakka and, Abd 'Amr al-Bakkà'i who was deaf, waited on the Apostle of Allah in the ninth year. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, gave orders for their lodging and food and rewarded them. They returned to their people. Muàwiyah said to the Prophet, may Allah
bless him: I shall be blessed by your touch and I have grown old and this
son of mine treats me well, so touch his face. Thereupon the Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, touched the face of Bishr Ibn Muáwiyah and gave him sheep of white wool and invoked blessing for them. Al-Ja'd said: Many a time famine spread among the Banu al-Bakka but they (Bishr's family) never suffered. Muhammad Ibn Bishr Ibn Muàwiyah
Ibn Thawr Ibn `Ubádah Ibn al-Bakka recited:
My father is he whose head the Apostle had touched,
And invoked blessing and prosperity;
Ahmad gave him sheep when he approached him,
of white wool, of noble stock and not giving scarce milk.
They filled the deputation of the tribe every evening (with milk).
And it repeated in mornings.
They were blessed because of a gift and the giver was blessed;
On him be my invokation of blessings as long as I live.

Volume 1, Parts II.74.23
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Hishàm Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Sa’ib al-Kalbi
informed us; he said:
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, wrote an epistle (kitàb) to alFujay`: From Muhammad the Prophed to al-Fujay’. He who follows him,
surrenders, offers prayers, pays zakáh, obeys Allah and His Apostle,

gives one-fifth of booty to Allah, helps the Prophet and his Companions,
bears witness to his Islam and keeps away the idolaters, that is safe in the
custody of Allah, the Glorious, the Gracious; and the custody of
Muhammad.
Hisham said: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, changed the
name of Abd 'Amr the deaf toAbd [P. 48] al-Rahmán; and wrote an
order in his favour about the well Dhu al-Qissah which he had entrusted
to him. `Abd al-Rahman was one of the people of al-Zallah (shade) i.e., alsuffah, the Fuffah of the mosque.