Among those who fell as martyrs at Ḥunayn were: Ayman ibn ʿUbayd, the son of Umm Ayman and freedman of Banū Hāshim; Yazīd ibn Zamʿah ibn al-Aswad al-Asadī al-Qurashī; Suraqah ibn Ḥabāb ibn ʿAdī al-ʿAjlānī al-Anṣārī; and Abū ʿĀmir ʿUbayd al-Ashʿarī.

Afterwards the spoils were gathered, and Masʿūd ibn ʿAmr was placed in charge of them; they were not to be apportioned until after the affair of al-Ṭāʾif.

The Expedition to al-Ṭāʾif

From Ḥunayn the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for al-Ṭāʾif in the month of Shawwāl, appointing Khālid ibn al-Walīd to lead the vanguard. Thaqīf had already fortified their citadel and stocked it with provisions sufficient for a year. When they had been routed at Awtās they withdrew into the fortress and prepared for battle.

Muḥammad ibn Shuʿayb—through ʿUthmān ibn ʿAṭāʾ al-Khurāsānī, from his father, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās—reports: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advanced until he reached al-Ṭāʾif and laid siege to it. Then a herald proclaimed, “Whoever among their slaves comes out shall be free.” Several did so, among them Abū Bakrah ibn Masrūḥ, the paternal half-brother of Ziyād. The Prophet freed them and entrusted each man to one of his Companions to look after him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then turned back until he reached al-Jiʿrānah and said, “I intend to perform ʿumrah.”

Ibn Luhayʿah—on the authority of Abū al-Aswad, from ʿUrwah—and Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUqbah—from his uncle Mūsā—likewise relate: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ marched to al-Ṭāʾif, leaving the captives at al-Jiʿrānah, and the canopies of Mecca were filled with them. He encamped on a rise near the fortress of al-Ṭāʾif for several-teen nights, fighting the enemy while Thaqīf showered arrows upon the Muslims, causing many wounds. The Muslims cut down part of their vineyards to vex them, whereupon Thaqīf cried out, “Do not ruin the property; it will belong either to us or to you!” The Muslims then sought his permission