Day: July 30, 2023

The Deputation of Baliyi
Volume 1, Parts II.74.50
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar informed us, he said: Abu
Bakr Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Abi Sabrah informed us on the authority of
Musa Ibn Sa’d; the mawla of Banu Makhzum, he on the authority of
Ruwayfi’ Ibn Thabit at Balawi; he said:
The deputation of my people arrived in the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal of
the ninth year. I lodged them in my house in Banu Jadilah, then I
brought them till we came to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him.
He was sitting with his companions in his house in the morning. The
leader of the deputation Abu al-Dubab proceeded forward and sat down
in front of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. He conversed (with
the Prophet) and his people embraced Islam. They asked the Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, about hospitality and their affairs relating to
their faith. He gave a reply to them. Then I brought them back to my
house. In the meantime the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
brought a load of dates and said: Help yourself with these dates. He
(Ruwayfi’) said: They ate from them, besides some others. They stayed
for three days and then came to the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless
him, to bid him farewell. He ordered them to be rewarded as he had been
rewarding those who had come before them. Then they returned to their
lands.