al-Janāḥ. Mujazziz was killed and al-Janāḥ was carried off as booty.
When the mounted Muslims drew near, Abū Qatādah ibn Ribʿī killed Ḥabīb ibn ʿUyaynah ibn Ḥiṣn, spread his own cloak over the corpse, and then rejoined the pursuit. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, soon arrived with the rest of the Muslims. They recited the istirjaʿ—“We belong to Allah and to Him we return”—and exclaimed, “Abū Qatādah has been killed!” The Messenger of Allah replied, “It is not Abū Qatādah; it is a man Abū Qatādah has killed. He placed his cloak over him so that you would recognize it as his.”
Meanwhile, ʿUkkāshah ibn Miḥṣan caught up with Awbar and his son ʿAmr ibn Awbar, both riding a single camel. With one thrust of his spear he pierced them both, killing them on the spot, and some of the milch-camels were rescued.
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, continued on until he camped by the hill of Dhū Qarad. People converged there, and he remained on the site for a day and a night. Salamah said, “O Messenger of Allah, if you would dispatch me with a hundred men, I would recover the rest of the herd and bring those raiders by the necks.” According to what has reached me, the Messenger of Allah replied, “By now they are drinking their evening milk in Ghatafān.” He then distributed the spoils among his Companions, assigning one slaughter-camel to every hundred men. After staying there they returned to Medina.
A woman of the Ghifār clan had slipped away on one of the Messenger of Allah’s camels and eventually reached him. She said, “I vowed to Allah that if He delivered me safely on this camel I would sacrifice it.” The Messenger of Allah smiled and said, “What a poor reward you would give it! Allah carried you on it and saved you by means of it, and now you want to slaughter it? A vow does not apply to what a human being does not own. This camel is one of my own—go back with the blessing of Allah.”
I say: This campaign is called the Expedition of al-Ghābah and also the Expedition of Dhū Qarad. Ibn Isḥāq and others relate that it took place in the sixth year AH.