from Ibn Umar, who reported that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, camped at al-Hijr during the expedition to Tabuk, he commanded them not to drink from any of its wells or draw water from them. They said, “We have already kneaded dough with its water and drawn water from it.” So he commanded them to throw away that dough and pour out that water.” (1)

Nafi‘ reported from Ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded them to pour out whatever water they had drawn from its wells and to feed the dough to the camels. He also commanded them to draw water from the well from which the she-camel used to drink. (2)

Abu al-Zubayr related from Jabir, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by al-Hijr during the expedition to Tabuk, he said to his Companions: “None of you should enter the town, nor should you drink from their water. Do not enter upon these people who were punished unless you are weeping, lest there befall you what befell them.” Then he said: “To proceed: do not ask your Messenger for signs. These were the people of Salih: they asked their Messenger, and Allah sent forth the she-camel. She would come down through this mountain pass and depart through that mountain pass, and she would drink all their water on the day allotted for her drinking.” He showed them the place on the hill to which the calf had climbed. But they rebelled against the command of their Lord and hamstrung her; so Allah Most High destroyed all of them beneath the sky, in the east and the west of the earth, except for one man called Abu Righal, the forefather of Thaqif. He was within the Sacred Precinct of Allah, and the Sacred Precinct of Allah protected him from Allah’s punishment. ⦗133/b⦘ But when he left it, the same fate that befell his people befell him. He was buried, and a golden bough was buried with him. He showed them the grave of Abu Righal, whereupon the people went down, rushed at it with their swords, dug it up, and extracted that bough. (3)

The believing party among the people of Salih numbered four thousand. Salih took them to Hadramawt, and when they entered it, Salih died; thus it was named Hadramawt. Then the four thousand built a city called Hasura’. Some scholars said that he died in Mecca at the age of fifty-eight, having remained among his people for twenty years.

“And Lot, when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such an abomination as no one in all the worlds has ever committed before you? Indeed, you approach men with desire instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’” (80–81)

Allah Most High says: “And Lot,” meaning: We sent Lot. It was also said that it means: Mention Lot. He was Lot son of Haran son of Terah, the nephew of Abraham. “When he said to his people”—that is, the inhabitants of Sodom. This was because Lot departed from the land of Babylon, travelling (4) with his uncle Abraham, believing in him and emigrating with him to al-Sham. Abraham settled in Palestine and caused him to settle