The Deputation of Kindah
Volume 1, Parts II.74.46
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar informed us; he said:
Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd Allah related to me on the authority of al-Zuhri;
he said:
Al-Ash’ath Ibn Qays waited on the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
with a party of about nineteen horse-men of Kindah. They met the
Prophet in his mosque. Their locks were long, their eyes were ointed with
collyrium, they had put on jubbahs of al-Hibarah with silken border and
over them were embroidered silken garments. The Apostle of Allah, may
Allah bless him, asked them: Have you not embraced Islam? They said:
Why not? He said: Then what is this condition of yours? They took them
off. When they wanted to return to their land he gave them as reward ten
uqiyahs (of silver) each and to al-Ash`ath he gave twelve uqiyahs.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 