cut down and burned the palm-trees of Banū al-Naḍīr, and on that occasion Ḥassān ibn Thābit composed the lines:
“It mattered little to the nobles of Banū Luʾayy
that a sweeping blaze should rage in al-Buwairah.”

About this Allah revealed: “Whatever palm-trees you cut down or left standing on their roots, it was by Allah’s permission” (surah al-Hashr, 59:5). This wording is agreed upon.

ʿAmr ibn Dīnār narrated from al-Zuhrī, from Mālik ibn Aws, from ʿUmar, that the property of Banū al-Naḍīr was part of what Allah allotted to His Messenger ﷺ without the Muslims having to advance on horseback or on foot. It therefore belonged exclusively to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. From it he provided for his family for one year, and whatever remained he spent on horses and weapons as equipment in the cause of Allah. The two Imams both recorded this report.

Expedition of Zayd ibn Hārithah to al-Quradah

Ibn Isḥāq said: The expedition of Zayd, whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched when he intercepted a Quraysh caravan that included Abū Sufyān, was to al-Quradah, a watering place in the highlands of Najd.

The story behind it is that, after the Battle of Badr, Quraysh feared the route they had customarily taken to Syria, so they chose the Iraqi route instead. A group of their merchants—among them Abū Sufyān—set out and hired a man from Banū Bakr ibn Wāʾil named Furāt ibn Ḥayyān to guide them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ therefore sent Zayd ibn Hārithah, who met them at that watering place, captured the caravan and all that was in it, while the men themselves escaped. Zayd then brought the booty back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.