He then led the two of them to Qubāʾ, in the quarter of Banū ʿAmr ibn ʿAwf, on Monday, the twelfth night of Rabīʿ al-Awwal, at a time when the morning heat had grown intense and the sun was almost at its zenith.

Abū Nuʿaym has transmitted, through the isnād of al-Wāqidī, a similar list of these stopping-places, though he differs on a few points—and Allah knows best.

Abū Nuʿaym said: “Abū Ḥāmid ibn Jablah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq—al-Sarrāj—narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAbbād ibn Mūsā al-ʿUkhlī narrated to us; my father, Mūsā ibn ʿAbbād, narrated to me; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yasār narrated to me; Iyās ibn Mālik ibn al-Aws al-Aslamī narrated to me from his father, who said:

‘When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ emigrated together with Abū Bakr, they passed by some of our camels at al-Juḥfah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, “Whose camels are these?” They replied, “They belong to a man from the tribe of Aslam.” He turned to Abū Bakr and said, “May you be kept safe, God willing.” He then asked the man, “What is your name?” He answered, “Masʿūd.” The Prophet turned again to Abū Bakr and said, “May you be happy, God willing.” My father then approached and mounted him on a camel known as Ibn al-Ridāʾ.’ ”

I say: It has already been mentioned on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Mecca on a Monday and entered Madinah on a Monday. The most apparent reckoning is that fifteen days elapsed between his departure from Mecca and his arrival in Madinah, for he spent three days in the Cave of Thawr and then took the coastal route, which is longer than the direct highway. On that journey he passed by Umm Maʿbad bint Kaʿb of the clan of Banū Kaʿb ibn Khuzaʿah.

Ibn Hishām states—transmitting from Yūnus on the authority of Ibn Isḥāq—that her name was ʿĀtikah bint Khalaf ibn Maʿbad ibn Rabīʿah ibn Aṣram. Al-Umawī, however, says she was ʿĀtikah bint Tabīʿ Khulayf ibn Munqidh ibn Rabīʿah ibn Aṣram ibn Ḍabays ibn Ḥarām ibn Ḥubshiyyah ibn Kaʿb ibn ʿAmr. This woman had three sons—Maʿbad, Naḍrah, and Ḥunaydah—children of Abū Maʿbad, whose given name was Aktham ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Maʿbad ibn Rabīʿah ibn Aṣram ibn Ḍabays. Her story is well known and is transmitted through multiple chains that corroborate one another.

Here follows the story of Umm Maʿbad al-Khuzaʿiyyah: