Delegation of al-Ṣadaf (1)
They arrived, a company of a little more than ten riders, and found the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon from the pulpit. They sat down without offering the greeting of peace. He asked,
“Are you Muslims?”
“Yes,” they replied.
He said, “Why, then, did you not greet [me]?”
So they rose to their feet and said, “Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.”
He answered, “And upon you be peace. Be seated.” They sat, and then asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the prescribed times of the prayers.
Delegation of Khushayn
It is related (2) that Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushani came while the Messenger of Allah was outfitting the expedition to Khaybar. He took part with him in Khaybar, and later returned with a group of a little more than ten of his people, whereupon they embraced Islam.
[Delegation of Banū Saʿd]
He next mentioned the delegation of Banū Saʿd Huthaym (3), Banū Baliyy (4), Bahrāʾ (5), Banū ʿUdhrah (6), Salāmān (7), Juhaynah (8), Banū Kalb (9), and the Jarmiyyīn (10). The report of ʿAmr ibn Salamah al-Jarmī has already been cited in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (11).
He also cited the delegations of al-Azd (12), Ghassān (13), al-Ḥārith ibn Kaʿb (14), Hamdān (15), and Saʿd—