been protected from me and that he would prevail. I called out to them, ‘I am Surāqah! Wait for me so that I may speak to you. By Allah, I will do you no harm.’ He, peace be upon him, said to Abū Bakr, ‘Ask him what he wants.’ He asked me, and I replied, ‘That you write me a document.’ He instructed Abū Bakr, who wrote it for me on a bone or a scrap of writing material, then tossed it to me. I later met him with it on the day of the conquest of Mecca, when he was at al-Ji‘rānah.”

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, arrived at Qubā’ on Monday, at the beginning of Rabī‘ al-Awwal, in the lava tract of Banū ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf of the Ansār. He stayed with Sa‘d ibn Khaythamah, though it is also said that he stayed with Kulthūm ibn al-Hadm. They agree that, in Medina, he stayed with Abū Ayyūb, whose name was Khālid ibn Zayd. He remained with him until he had built his dwelling and mosque, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. They said that he rode out from Banū ‘Amr on Friday, stopped among Banū Sālim, and led them in the Friday prayer. It is said that he stayed among Banū ‘Amr for three nights. Ibn Shihāb and others said that he stayed among them for ten-odd days before riding out.

Section [Events and Military Expeditions after His Migration, Peace Be upon Him, to Medina]

The chronology is reckoned from the arrival of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in Medina.

[The First Year]

In this year, he, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, built the mosque of Qubā’. It is said that this is the mosque which Allah described as having been founded upon piety. It is also said that it is, rather, the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. This is Mālik’s position in the first section of Ashhab’s transmission in the Book of Prayer. This has also been reported from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

In this year, he consummated his marriage to ‘Ā’ishah in Shawwāl, eight months after his arrival in Medina.

In this year, ‘Alī married Fātimah. It is also said that this occurred in the second year, twenty-two months after the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, arrived in Medina.