“the man’s keen understanding.” He added: “ʿUmar used to say, ‘I have never seen anyone pose a finer question or speak more succinctly than Dimām ibn Thaʿlaba.’ ” al-Ḥārith ibn ʿUmayr is weak, whereas the incident of Dimām is found in the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections through the narration of Anas.
Ibn Isḥāq said: Al-Jārūd ibn ʿAmr—of the clansmen of Banū ʿAbd al-Qays—came as part of a delegation to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. (ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām notes that al-Jārūd had been a Christian.) The Messenger of Allah invited him to Islam. He asked, “Muḥammad, will you guarantee my (former) religion for me?” The Prophet replied, “Yes; Allah has guided you to something better than it.” Thereupon al-Jārūd embraced Islam, and so did the members of his party.
Ibn Isḥāq also said: A delegation from Banū Ḥanīfah came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him; among them was Musaylimah ibn Ḥabīb—“the liar.” They lodged in the house of the daughter of al-Ḥārith, a woman of the Anṣār. One of our scholars told me that Banū Ḥanīfah brought Musaylimah to the Messenger of Allah covered in cloaks, while the Prophet was seated among his Companions holding a palm-midrib with a few leaflets still on it. After the Prophet had spoken with him and answered his request, he said, “Had you asked me for this palm-midrib, I would not have given it to you.”
Ibn Isḥāq went on: A shaykh from al-Yamāmah related a different account. He claimed that the Banū Ḥanīfah delegation came to the Messenger of Allah but left Musaylimah in their encampment. After they had embraced Islam they mentioned where he was, so the Messenger of Allah ordered that he be given the same gifts as they were and said, “Even though he is not the best of you in status”—meaning that he was merely minding his people’s property. The delegation then departed and delivered to him what the Prophet had granted. When they reached al-Yamāmah, the enemy of Allah apostatized and claimed prophethood, saying, “I have been made a partner with Muḥammad in this affair; did he not say to you…"