Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

The expedition led by Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) to Najd
It took place after Khaybar, in the seventh year AH.

ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār reported: I was told by Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, from his father, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched Abu Bakr to the clan of Fazārah, and I accompanied him. When we drew close to their watering-place, Abu Bakr had us bivouac for a while. After we had performed the dawn prayer he ordered us to launch the raid, so we struck and reached the water. Abu Bakr killed those whom he killed while we fought alongside him.

I then saw a group of people that included women and children. Fearing they would reach the mountain before me, I caught up with them and loosed an arrow. When they saw it they halted, and I found a woman clad in a leather cloak with her daughter—one of the most beautiful of the Arabs. I drove them back to Abu Bakr, and he awarded me the daughter as my allotted share of the spoils. I did not so much as lift her garment until we arrived in Madinah; she spent the night with me there and still I did not lift her garment.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ later met me in the market and said, “O Salamah, give me the woman as a gift.” I replied, “O Prophet of Allah, by Allah, she has pleased me, and I have not lifted her garment.” He kept silent until the next day and then said, “O Salamah, give me the woman—may your father be ransomed for Allah’s sake.” I said, “She is yours, O Messenger of Allah.”

The Prophet ﷺ then sent her to the people of Mecca and, through her, ransomed several Muslim captives. Muslim recorded this report.

It is also said that the episode took place in Shaʿbān.

سرية أبي بكر ﵁ إلى نجد: وكانت بعد خيبر سنة سبع. قال عكرمة بن عمار: حدثني إياس بن سلمة بن الأكوع، عن أبيه، قال: بعث رسول الله ﷺ أبا بكر ﵁ إلى بني فزارة، وخرجت معه حتى إذا دنونا من الماء عرس بنا أبو بكر، حتى إذا ما صلينا الصبح، أمرنا فشننا الغارة، فوردنا الماء. فقتل أبو بكر من قتل، ونحن معه، فرأيت عنقا من الناس فيهم الذراري، فخشيت أن يسبقوني إلى الجبل، فأدركتهم، فرميت بسهمي، فلما رأوه قاموا، فإذا امرأة عليها قشع من أدم، معها ابنتها من أحسن العرب فجئت أسوقهم. فلما رأوه قاموا، فإذا امرأة عليها قشع من أدم، معها ابنتها من أحسن العرب فجئت أسوقهم إلى أبي بكر فنفلني أبو بكر ابنتها فلم أكشف لها ثوبا حتى قدمت المدينة، ثم باتت عندي فلم أكشف لها ثوبا، حتى لقيني رسول الله ﷺ في السوق فقال: $"يا سلمة، هب لي المرأة"، قلت: يا نبي الله والله لقد أعجبتني وما كشفت لها ثوبا. فسكت حتى كان من الغد، فقال: "يا سلمة، هب لي المرأة لله أبوك". قلت: هي لك يا رسول الله. قال: فبعث رسول الله ﷺ إلى أهل مكة، ففدى بها أسرى من المسلمين أخرجه مسلم. وقيل: كان ذلك في شعبان.

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