partner. His dreams and thoughts went so far as to claim that he himself was a prophet. To  confirm his prophecy he started uttering rhymed statements. He said that it was lawful to drink  wine and commit adultery. He, however, bore witness that the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be  upon him) was a real Prophet. His people, who were fascinated by what he allowed them to do,  followed him and made bargains with him. He grew so prominent among them that they called  him the beneficent of Al-Yamama. He wrote to the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him)  saying: “I have been appointed an associate with you, so I will have a half and Quraish will have  the other half of the people’s affairs.” The Messenger of Allâh’s reply was a letter saying that:
“Verily, the earth is Allâh’s. He gives it as a heritage to whom He will of His slaves, and the
(blessed) end is for the Muttaqûn (pious).” 7:128
On the authority of Ibn Mas‘ud, he says: When the two messengers of Musailima — Ibn An-
Nawaha and Ibn Athal — came to the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him), he asked them:
“Do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allâh?” Their reply was “We testify that
Musailima is the Messenger of Allâh.” “I believe in Allâh and in His Messenger,” said the Prophet
(Peace be upon him), “If I had ever thought of killing a messenger I would have killed you both.”
Musailima’s pretence to prophethood was in the tenth year of Al-Hijra. But he was killed in Al-
Yamama war during Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq era, in Rabi‘ Al-Awwal, in the twelfth year of Al-Hijra.
He was killed by Wahshi, the killer of Hamzah. The second person who claimed to be a prophet  was Al-Aswad Al-‘Ansi who was in Yemen. He was killed by Fairuz. His head was cut off a day  and a night before the Prophet’s death. So when the delegates came he told them the news that  reached him through Divine Revelation. News about his death reached Abu Bakr (May Allah be  pleased with him) from Yemen.
14. The Delegation of Bani ‘Amir bin Sa‘sa‘a: Among the group of delegates were ‘Amir bin At-Tufail
— the enemy of Allâh, Arbad bin Qais — Labid’s maternal brother, Khalid bin Ja‘far, and Jabbar  bin Aslam. All of them were the leaders and satans of their people. ‘Amir was the one who  double-crossed the group of Ma‘una well. When this delegation made their mind to come to
Madinah, ‘Amir and Arbad conspired to kill the Prophet (Peace be upon him). So when the group  of delegates arrived, ‘Amir kept on talking to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) whereas Arbad  turned aside trying to draw his sword. He managed to draw a span of hand long but Allâh stilled  his hand so that he was unable to proceed with its withdrawal. Allâh protected the Prophet
(Peace be upon him). The Prophet (Peace be upon him) invoked Allâh against them. So when  they returned, Allâh sent down a thunderbolt unto Arbad and his camel and he was burnt. As for
‘Amir he called at a house of a woman who was from Bani Salul and had a gland sore. He  eventually died while he was saying: “What am I like? I have a gland similar to a camel’s. And  here I am dying in the house of the woman from Bani Salul.”
15. In Sahih Al-Bukhari it is narrated that ‘Amir came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and said:
“I grant you an opportunity to choose one of two: you will have the flat land people and I will  have townspeople; or I will succeed you. Otherwise, I will invade your people with a thousand  he-camels and a thousand she-camels.” But, later on he got plague-stricken in a woman’s house.
So he said: “What! I have a gland similar to a camel’s, and here I am in a woman’s house of Bani  so and so people. Fetch me my mare!” He mounted it but died on its back.
16. Tujeeb Delegation: They came to Madinah carrying the surplus of charities (Sadaqat) of their  people. That is to say the extra charities they had after they had distributed the poor-due. They  were thirteen men. They asked about the Qur’ân and Sunnah (the Prophet’s saying, deeds and  sanctions) so that they might learn them. They demanded things from the Messenger of Allâh
(Peace be upon him) to which he gave them pledges. They did not stay long; so when the
Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) acknowledged their demands and allowed them to  depart, they sent him a boy whom they had already left at their property. The young man said to  the Prophet (Peace be upon him): “By Allâh, I swear, I have left my home (for Madinah) with a  purpose that you invoke Allâh, the Great and All-Mighty for me to forgive me and have mercy on  me and to make my heart a source of content and sufficiency.” The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be  upon him) supplicated Allâh to grant him what he demanded.
17. From that time on, he was the most contented person. In Ar-Riddah (i.e. the Apostasy Times),  he stoodfast as a Muslim and warned his people and reminded them of Aâh and went on  preaching them till they stoodfast and did not apostatize. The group of delegates met the
Prophet (Peace be upon him) again in the Farewell Pilgrimage in the tenth year of Al-Hijra.
18. Tai’ Delegation: One of that group of delegates who came to meet the Prophet (Peace be upon  him) was Zaid Al-Khail. They talked to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) who urged them to  embrace Islam. They agreed and grew good Muslims. About Zaid, the Messenger of Allâh (Peace