Day: July 21, 2023

The Deputation of Suda
Volume 1, Parts II.74.42
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar al-Aslami informed us; he
said: An old man of the Balmustaliq related to me on the authority of his
father:
Verily, when the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, returned from al￾Ji’irranah in the eighth year, he sent Qays Ibn Sa’d Ibn ‘Ubadah to the
territory of al-Yaman and ordered him to devastate Sudá. So he
encamped in the suburbs of Qanat with four hundred Muslims. A
resident of Suda came there and inquired about the army. He was
informed about them. So he hastened and came to the Apostle of Allah,
may Allah bless him, and said: I have come to represent those who are
behind me, so withdraw your army and I guarantee my people will
submit to you. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, withdrew
them. After that a deputation of fifteen members waited on the Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, embraced Islam, and offered bay’ah to the
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, on behalf of those of their people
also who were behind them. They returned to their land and Islam
spread among them. A party of one hundred persons joined the Prophet,
may Allah bless him, on the occasion of Hajjah al-Wida.
Volume 1, Parts II.74.43
He (Ibn Sa’d) said; Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us; he said: Thawri informed us on the authority ofAbd al-Raman Ibn Ziyad Ibn
An’um, he on the authority of Ziyad Ibn Nu’aym, he on the authority of
Ziyad Ibn al-Harith al-Suda’i; he said:
I approached the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and said: 0
Apostle of Allah! I have learnt that you are sending an army to my
people, withdraw it, and I guarantee the submission of my people to you.
The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, withdrew them, He (Ziyad)
said: My people came to him and said: 0 brother of Suda! you are to be
obeyed by your people. He (Ziyad) said: I said: It is by the grace of Allah
and His Apostle. He (Ibn Sa’d) said: He is the person whom Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, had asked to call the adhan in the course of
journey. He did and then Bilal came and wanted to say the iqamah.
Thereupon the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, said: Verily, the
brother of Suda called the adhan and he who calls the adhan will say the
iqámah.