…or, if you wish, with two-thirds of it; and, if you wish, with it in its entirety.

She answered, “With it in its entirety.”
He said, “Thus has been revealed to me.” She stayed with him for three days, after which she returned to her people. They asked, “What dowry did he give you?”
She replied, “He gave me nothing.”
They said, “It is unseemly for someone of your standing to marry without a dowry.” She therefore sent to him asking for a marriage-portion.
He replied, “Send me your crier.” She sent him—he was Shabat ibn Ribʿī. Musaylimah said to him, “Proclaim among your people that Musaylimah ibn Ḥabīb, the Messenger of Allah, has lifted from you two of the prayers that Muhammad brought—namely the dawn (fajr) prayer and the late-night (ʿishāʾ) prayer.” That, may Allah curse them both, was deemed her dowry.

Sajah then turned back toward her homeland when news reached her that Khālid was drawing near to the land of al-Yamāmah. She withdrew to the Jazīrah after receiving from Musaylimah one-half of the land-tax on his territory. She remained among her people, the Banū Taghlib, until the time of Muʿāwiyah, who expelled them in the Year of Unity, as will be detailed in its proper place.

Section: The Story of Mālik ibn Nuwayrah al-Yarbuʿī al-Tamīmī (1)

When Sajah arrived from the Jazīrah, Mālik had shown her favor; but once she had allied herself with Musaylimah—may Allah curse them both—and then departed, Mālik ibn Nuwayrah regretted what he had done and reproached himself. He was encamped at a place called al-Baṭāḥ. Khālid set out for it with his troops, while the Helpers (al-Anṣār) lagged behind, saying, “We have already carried out what the Truthful One (Abū Bakr) commanded us.”

Khālid replied, “This is a matter that must be accomplished and an opportunity that must be seized. No letter concerning it has reached me; I am the commander, to me the reports are brought, and I will not compel you to march. I am heading for al-Baṭāḥ.” He traveled for two days; then a messenger from the Anṣār caught up with him, asking him to wait, and they rejoined him.

When he reached al-Baṭāḥ, where Mālik ibn Nuwayrah was, Khālid dispatched detachments through the region, summoning the people. The chiefs of Banū Tamīm met him with obedience and paid the zakāt, all except Mālik ibn Nuwayrah, who was perplexed and keeping apart from the people. A detachment came upon him, captured him and his companions, and disagreement arose among the detachment: Abū Qatādah al-Hārith ibn Ribʿī al-Anṣārī testified that they had performed the ṣalāh, while others said, “They neither gave the adhān nor prayed.”

It is said that the prisoners spent the night bound in their shackles (2) on a bitterly cold night. A herald of Khālid called out, “Warm your prisoners!” The men thought he meant to kill them, so they killed them instead. Ḍirār ibn al-Azwar slew Mālik ibn Nuwayrah. When Khālid heard the tumult, he came out after they had finished and said, “When Allah decrees a matter, it is done.”

Khālid then took Mālik’s wife, Umm Tamīm bint al-Minhāl—a beautiful woman—and, once her waiting period had ended, he married her.

It is also said that Khālid had summoned Mālik ibn Nuwayrah, reproached him for following Sajah and for withholding the zakāt, and said, “Do you not know that it is the twin of prayer?” Mālik replied, “Your companion used to claim that.” Khālid said, “Is he only our companion and not…