The Prophet assigns governors to Ṣanʿâʾ, Kindah, Ḥaḍramaut and aṣ-Ṣadif. Bakr ibn-al-Haitham from certain sheikhs of al-Yaman:—The Prophet made Khâlid ibn-Saʿîd ibn-al-ʿÂṣi governor of Ṣanʿâʾ, but he was driven out of it by al-ʿAnsi, the false Prophet. Over the Kindah, he assigned al-Muhâjir ibn-abi-Umaiyah; over Ḥaḍramaut and aṣ-Ṣadif, Ziyâd ibn-Labîd al-Anṣâri. Aṣ-Ṣadif were the descendants of Mâlik ibn-Murattiʿ ibn-Muʿâwiyah ibn-Kindah.[1] They were called Ṣadif because Murattiʿ married a woman from Ḥaḍramaut and made it a condition that she would take up her abode with him, and in case she bore a child he would not force her to remain away from her people's home. She did bear a child, Mâlik, and the judge decided that Murrattiʿ should send her back to her people. When Mâlik left him with her, Murrattiʿ said, "Mâlik turned away [Ar.-ṣadafa] from me." Hence the name aṣ-Ṣadif.
The insurrection of the banu-ʿAmr. ʿAbd-ar-Razzâḳ said that he was told by certain sheikhs from al-Yaman that abu-Bakr wrote to Ziyâd ibn-Labîd and to al-Muhâjir ibn-abi-Umaiyah-l-Makhzûmi who was then over Kindah, ordering them to come together and work hand in hand and with one accord in order to secure for him the caliphate and fight against him who refrains from paying ṣadaḳah, and that they should get the help of the Believers against the Unbelievers and of the obedient against the disobedient and transgressors. Once they took as ṣadaḳah from a Kindah man a youthful she-camel. He asked them to change it for another. Al-Muhâjir allowed it, but Ziyâd insisted on keeping the camel saying, "Never will I return it after being stamped with the ṣadaḳah brand." Therefore, the banu-ʿAmr ibn-Muʿâwiyah gathered a large body of men.
- ↑ Khallikân, vol. iv, pp. 595–596.
