Hamdān—who asked Fātima bint Qays, the sister of al-Dahhāk ibn Qays—and she was among the earliest women to emigrate: “Tell me a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and do not attribute to anyone other than him.” She replied, “If you wish, I shall.” He said to her, “Yes, tell me.” She then recounted the story of her separation from her husband and her observance of the waiting period at the home of Ibn Umm Maktūm. She then said:

“When my waiting period ended, I heard the caller—the caller of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—proclaiming, ‘Gather for prayer!’ I went out to the mosque and prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I stood in the row of women directly behind the men. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had finished the prayer, he sat upon the pulpit laughing and said, ‘Let everyone remain at their place of prayer.’ He then asked, ‘Do you know why I have gathered you?’ They replied, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’

“He said, ‘By Allah, I did not gather you because of anything to inspire hope or fear. Rather, I gathered you because Tamīm al-Dārī (1) had been a Christian, then came, pledged allegiance, embraced Islam, and related to me an account that agreed with what I had been telling you about the False Messiah, the Dajjāl. He told me that he boarded a seagoing vessel with thirty men from Lakhm and Judhām. The waves tossed them about at sea for a month. Then, at sunset, they brought their ship close (2) to an island in the sea, and they seated themselves in