Harb ibn Umayyah. Afterwards, al-‘Awwam ibn Khuwaylid married her and she gave birth to al-Zubayr and ‘Abd al-Ka‘bah. It is also said that al-‘Awwam married her while she was still a virgin, but the sound view is the former. She died in Madinah in 20 AH at the age of seventy-three and was buried in al-Baqi‘—may peace be upon her. Ibn Ishaq records the deaths of others besides her.

‘Uwaym ibn Sa‘idah al-Ansari (1) witnessed both Pledges of ‘Aqabah and every subsequent engagement. He was the first to cleanse himself with water after relieving himself, and the verse was revealed concerning him:
“In it are men who love to purify themselves, and Allah loves those who purify themselves” (9:108).
He narrated a number of hadiths and died this year in Madinah.

Bishr ibn ‘Amr ibn Hanash, known as al-Jarud (2), embraced Islam in the tenth year. A noble man obeyed among the tribe of ‘Abd al-Qays, he was the one who testified that Qudamah ibn Maz‘un had drunk wine; consequently ‘Umar dismissed Qudamah from the governorship of Bahrain and administered the legal punishment. Al-Jarud was killed as a martyr.

Abu Khirash (3) Khuwaylid ibn Murrah al-Hudhali was an accomplished poet who lived through the pre-Islamic period and Islam alike; when the horses raced, he would outstrip them (4). He was bitten by a snake and died in Madinah.

[Then came the year 21 AH]

The Battle of Nahavand (5) [and, according to the more widely held opinion, its conquest] took place—a momentous engagement of the highest rank and wondrous report, which the Muslims called “the Conquest of Conquests.” Ibn Ishaq and al-Waqidi state that the battle occurred in 21 AH; Suf dates it to 17 AH, while others say 19 AH—and Allah knows best. Abu Ja‘far ibn Jarir (6) narrated its story under this year, and we have followed him, weaving together the words of these authorities into a single continuous account, so that portions of one narration flow into another.