The fourth year after the Hijrah

The Expedition of Abū Salamah to Qatn at the very beginning of the year

Al-Wāqidī said: ʿUmar ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Saʿīd al-Yarbūʿī related to us, on the authority of Salamah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Abī Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Asad and others, that:

Abū Salamah had been present at the battle of Uḥud. After moving from Qubāʾ he was living among the clan of Banū Umayyah ibn Zayd in the uplands of Medina. He was wounded at Uḥud and spent a month treating his injury. When the new moon of Muḥarram appeared, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ summoned him and said, “Set out with this detachment, for I have appointed you its commander.” He tied a banner for him and said, “March until you reach the territory of Banū Asad and raid them.”

He set off with one hundred and fifty men. They advanced until they reached the outskirts of Qatn—a watering place belonging to Banū Asad—where they came upon the tribe’s grazing herd. They attacked, seizing three of their slaves, while the rest escaped. Abū Salamah then returned to Medina, having been absent for a little more than ten nights.

ʿUmar ibn ʿUthmān said: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUbayd related to me, saying, “When…"