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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

phet replied, "Nay, the mantle he took from the spoils on the day of Khaibar shall verily burn on him like fire."[1]

Shaibân ibn-Farrûkh from al-Ḥasan:—Someone remarked to the Prophet, "Thy lad, so and so, has suffered martyrdom," to which the Prophet replied, "Rather he is dragged to fire in a mantle he unlawfully took from the spoils."

ʿAbd-al-Wâḥid ibn-Ghiyâth from al-Ḥasan:—Some one remarked to the Prophet, "Happy art thou, for thy lad, so and so, has suffered martyrdom!" to which he replied, "Rather he is dragged to fire in a mantle he unlawfully took from the spoils."[2]

Taimâʾ capitulates. When the people of Taimâʾ heard how the Prophet had subjugated the people of Wâdi-l-Ḳura, they made terms with him, agreeing to pay poll-tax, and they settled in their homes with their lands in their possession.[3] The Prophet assigned ʿAmr ibn-Saʿid ibn-al-ʿÂṣi ibn-Umaiyah as governor to Wâdi-l-Ḳura, and assigned Yazîd ibn-abi-Sufyân after its conquest, the latter having become Moslem on the day of the conquest of Taimâʾ.

ʿUmar expels the inhabitants. ʿAbd-al-Aʿla ibn-Ḥammâd an-Narsi from ʿUmar ibn-ʿAbd-al-ʿAzîz:—ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb expelled the people of Fadak, Taimâʾ and Khaibar. The fight between the Prophet and the people of Wâdi-l-Ḳura took place in Jumâda II, year 7.

The fief of Ḥamzah ibn-an-Nuʿmân. Al-ʿAbbâs ibn-Hishâm al-Kalbi from his grandfather:—The Prophet gave as fief to Ḥamzah ibn-an-Nuʿmân ibn-Haudhah-l-ʿUdhri his whip's throw[4] in Wâdi-l-Ḳura. This Ḥamzah was the

  1. Hishâm, p. 765.
  2. Bukhâri, vol. iii, pp. 129–130.
  3. Diyârbakri, vol. ii, p. 65.
  4. Mawardi, p. 330.