They pressed on until they reached Qaṭan, where they encountered Ḥabāl on the way to Tulayḥah, burdened with his baggage. They killed him and took everything he was carrying. Tulayḥah and his brother Salamah then pursued them and killed ʿUkāshah and Thābit.

Al-Walīd al-Muqarrī relates from al-Zuhrī: Khālid advanced and fought Tulayḥah the impostor, and Allah routed him. Tulayḥah had already received the pledge of allegiance from ʿUyayna ibn Ḥiṣn. When Tulayḥah saw how many of his men were retreating he asked, “What is making you run?” One of them answered, “I will tell you. Not a single one of us wishes to die before his companion, whereas we are facing people every one of whom wishes he could die before his companion.”

Tulayḥah was a warrior of great ferocity, and that day he killed ʿUkāshah ibn Miḥṣan and Thābit ibn Aqram. He then declaimed:

“On an evening I left Ibn Aqram lying lifeless,
And ʿUkāshah the noble beneath the sweep of my blade.
I raised for them the front of my sword-strap—indeed,
Repeatedly felling champions in single combat is my way.
One day you see it safely hung among the cloaks,
Another you see it in the shadow of thrusting spears.
What do you think of the men you kill? Are they not—
Though outside Islam—still men of courage?
If, through friendship, I struck down those women and others,
You did not hesitate an instant after slaying Ḥabāl.”

When truth prevailed over Tulayḥah he dismounted, embraced Islam, and entered the state of consecration for an ʿumrah. Riding among the people in safety, he passed through Madinah where he met Abu Bakr, then continued to Mecca and completed his ʿumrah. Thereafter his Islam became sound.

Another version reports that Khālid confronted Tulayḥah at Buzākhah. With Tulayḥah were ʿUyayna ibn Ḥiṣn and Qurrah ibn Hubayrah al-Qushayrī. They fought a fierce battle; Tulayḥah fled, while ʿUyayna and Qurrah were captured. Khālid sent the two captives to Abu Bakr, who spared their lives.