the Prophet’s she-camel used to frequent. Muslim narrated it.

Mālik related—from Abū al-Zubayr, from Abū al-Tufayl—that Muʿādh ibn Jabal told him: We set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of Tabūk, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would combine the Noon and Afternoon prayers, and the Sunset and Night prayers. One day he delayed the prayer, then came out and performed the Noon and Afternoon prayers together; he then went back inside, came out again, and performed the Sunset and Night prayers together. He then said, “Tomorrow, God willing, you will reach the spring of Tabūk, and you will not get there until the day is well advanced. Whoever arrives there must not touch any of its water until I come.”

We reached it and two men had already preceded us, while the spring was no larger than a sandal-strap and only trickled a little water. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, “Have you touched any of its water?” They said, “Yes.” He cursed them and said to them whatever Allah willed him to say. Then they scooped from the spring little by little until some water collected in a vessel. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ washed his face in it and then poured it back into the spring, whereupon it gushed forth abundantly and the people drew water. He then said, “O Muʿādh, it is likely—if you live long enough—that you will see this place filled with orchards.” Muslim transmitted this report.

Sulaymān ibn Bilāl narrated—from ʿAmr ibn Yaḥyā, from ʿAbbās ibn Sahl, from Abū Ḥumayd—who said: We marched with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the expedition of Tabūk and came to Wādī al-Qurā at an orchard belonging to a woman. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Estimate its yield.” So we estimated it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set its estimate at ten wasqs, saying, “Keep a record of it until we return to you, God willing.”

We then moved on until we reached Tabūk. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “A violent wind will blow upon you tonight; no one should stand up in it, and whoever owns a camel must tie its hobble firmly.” A fierce wind indeed blew, and a man rose, and the wind carried him off until