He sent ‘Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damrī to Musaylimah the Liar with a letter, and sent him another letter with al-Sā’ib ibn al-‘Awwām, al-Zubayr’s brother, but Musaylimah did not embrace Islam.

He sent a messenger to Farwah ibn ‘Amr al-Judhāmī to invite him to Islam, though according to another account, he did not send anyone to him. Farwah was Caesar’s governor in Mu‘ān (1). He embraced Islam and wrote to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, informing him of his conversion. He sent him a gift with Mas‘ūd ibn Sa‘d: a grey mule named Fiddah, a horse named al-Zarib (2), and a donkey named Ya‘fūr. This is what a number of scholars have stated. It appears—and Allah knows best—that ‘Ufayr and Ya‘fūr were the same animal (3), and that ‘Ufayr (4) is a shortened diminutive of Ya‘fūr (5). He also sent him garments and a coat of fine silk brocade interwoven (6) with gold. He accepted his gift and gave Mas‘ūd ibn Sa‘d twelve and a half ūqiyyahs (7).

He sent ‘Ayyāsh ibn Abī Rabī‘ah al-Makhzūmī with a letter to al-Hārith, Masrūh, and Nu‘aym, the sons (8) of ‘Abd Kulāl of Himyar.