On the authority of Fāṭimah bint Qays. Imām Aḥmad has also supplied corroborating reports narrated by Abū Hurayrah (1) and by ʿĀʾishah (2), Mother of the Believers, and the full ḥadīth—with its various chains and wording—will be cited, Allah willing, in the Book of “Tribulations” (al-Fitan).

Al-Wāqidī (3) further mentions the delegation of the Banū Dārī from the tribe of Lakhm; they were ten men in all.

Delegation of Banū Asad
Likewise, al-Wāqidī (4) states that at the beginning of the ninth year after the Hijrah a delegation from Banū Asad came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They numbered ten, among them Ḍirār ibn al-Azwar, Wābiṣah ibn Maʿbad, Ṭulayḥah ibn Khuwaylid—who later claimed prophethood but afterwards embraced Islam and whose Islam was deemed sound—and Nuqādah (5) ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khalaf.

Their spokesman, Ḥaḍramiyy ibn ʿĀmir, said: “O Messenger of Allah, we have come to you wrapped in the pitch-black night during a year of drought, and you had not sent any expedition to us.”

Concerning them the verse was revealed:
“ They count it as a favor to you that they have submitted. Say: ‘Do not regard your Islam as a favor to me; rather it is Allah who has favored you by guiding you to faith, if you are truthful.’ ” (al-Ḥujurāt 17)

Among them was a clan called Banū al-Zinyah (6); he changed their name and said, “You are Banū al-Rushdah.”

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then requested from Nuqādah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Khalaf a she-camel that would be good for riding and milking, without a calf at her side. Nuqādah searched for one and found it only with a cousin, so he brought it (7). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told him to milk her; he drank from the milk and gave Nuqādah some of what remained from his own drink. He then supplicated:

“O Allah, bless her and the one who granted her.”

Nuqādah said, “O Messenger of Allah, and the one who brought her?” He replied:

“And bless the one who brought her as well.” (8)