Expedition of Qutbah ibn Amir

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The event is also mentioned by Muslim Scholar Ibn Sa'd in his book "Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir", as follows:

THE SARIYYAH OF QUTBAH IBN 'AMIR IBN HADlDAH AGAINST KHATH'AM IN THE REGION OF BlSHAH, NEAR TURABAH.

Then (occurred) the sariyyah of Qutbah Ibn 'Amir Ibn Hadidah against Khath'am. in the region of Bishah. near Turabah, in Safar of the ninth year from the Hijrah of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him.

They (narrators) said: The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, sent Qutbah Ibn 'Amir Ibn Hadidah, at the head of twenty men against the tribe of Khath'am, in the region of Tabalah. He ordered them to make a surprise attack. They set out with ten camels riding them alternately. They captured a man and acquired from him. He pretended to be dumb, but soon after he cried out to the tribe to warn them. They struck his neck. Then they waited till the men of the tribe went to sleep, and then they led a surprise attack against them. They fought a fierce action a number of men were wounded, on both the sides. Qutbah Ibn 'Amir killed whom he could. They drove camels, goats and women to al-Madinah. A flood came and separated them from him, but they could not find way out.

After the separation of al-Khums their shares consisted of four camels each and a camel was considered equal to ten goats. There were one hundred and fifty camels and three thousand goats.

[Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir,By Ibn Sa'd,Volume 2, Pg 200-201]^[14]

The Muslim scholar Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya wrote about the event in his biography of Muhammad as follows:

This took place in Safar 9 AH. Ibn Sa’d said: they said: the Messenger of Allaah sent Qutbah ibn ‘Aamir with twenty men to a region of Khath’am at the end of Tibaalah, and he commanded him to launch a raid. They went out with ten camels, which they took turns riding. They captured a man and interrogated him, but he would not speak, then he started yelling, raising the alarm, so they killed him. They waited until the people had gone to sleep, then they launched their attack. There was intense fighting, resulting in many wounded on both sides. Qutbah ibn ‘Aamir killed whoever he killed, and they (the Muslims) took the cattle, women and sheep to Madeenah. It says in the story that the people regrouped and pursued them, then Allaah sent a great flood which came between them and the Muslims, so the Muslims drove the cattle, sheep and prisoners whilst they were looking on, but they could not cross the water until they had gone. [Zad al-Ma'ad, 3/514]^[5]

This Expedition took place in the Khath’am region.^[15][16] Sunan Abu Dawood, 14:2639 mentions that Muhammad sent an expedition to Khath'am

• Military career of Muhammad
• List of expeditions of Muhammad