No Ḥiṣn nor Ḥābis, in any assembly,
Outshines Mirdās in rank.
Nor am I inferior to either of them;
Whomever you humble today will not be raised.

ʿUrwah, and Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah on the authority of al-Zuhrī, report:

When these verses reached the Messenger of God ﷺ, he said to the poet, “Are you the one who said, ‘My spoil and the spoil of my slaves lies with al-Aqraʿ and ʿUyaynā’?”

Abū Bakr replied, “He did not put it exactly like that, O Messenger of God; and, by God, you are no poet, nor should you be.”

The Prophet asked, “How did he say it, then?”

Abū Bakr recited the poem to him. The Messenger of God ﷺ remarked, “It comes to the same thing; it does you no harm which of the two names you mentioned first.”

He then said, “Silence his tongue for me.” Some people feared he intended mutilation, whereas what the Prophet ﷺ meant was a gift.

He added, “And give ʿUbayd his horse as well.”

Al-Bukhārī (1) records: Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAlāʾ narrated to us—Abū Usāmah, from Burayd ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsā, who said:

I was with the Prophet ﷺ while he was camped at al-Jiʿrānah between Mecca and Madinah, and Bilāl was with him. A Bedouin came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, “Will you not fulfil the promise you made me?” He answered, “Rejoice!” The man retorted, “You have told me to rejoice too often.” The Prophet turned toward Abū Mūsā and Bilāl in a manner suggesting displeasure and said, “Reject the glad tidings, and you two accept them.” [They said, “We accept.”] He then asked for a cup of water, washed his hands and face in it, spat into it, and said, “Drink from it, pour it over your faces and chests, and rejoice.” They took the cup and did so. Umm Salamah called out from behind a curtain, “Leave some of it for your mother.” So they left a portion for her. Thus al-Bukhārī narrated it.

Al-Bukhārī (2) also records: Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr narrated to us—Mālik, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said:

I was walking with the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was wearing a rough-bordered cloak from Najrān. A Bedouin caught up with him, seized him sharply, and pulled so hard that I saw the edge of the cloak leave a mark on the side of the Prophet’s neck. The man then said, “Command that I be given some of God’s wealth that you have.” The Prophet turned to him, laughed, and ordered that he be given something.

Ibn Isḥāq (3) lists those to whom the Messenger of God ﷺ on that day gave one hundred camels each: Abū Sufyān Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb, his son Muʿāwiyah, Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām, al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah of Banū ʿAbd al-Dār, ʿAlqamah ibn ʿUlāthah, al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Jāriya al-Thaqafī (ally of Banū Zuhrah), al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim, Mālik ibn ʿAwf al-Naṣrī, Suhayl ibn ʿAmr, Ḥuwayṭib ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā, ʿUyaynā ibn Ḥiṣn, Ṣafwān ibn Umayyah, and al-Aqraʿ ibn Ḥābis.

Ibn Isḥāq (4) further relates: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taymī told me that someone said to the Messenger of God ﷺ