Delegation

Delegation of Banu Kulf

Name: Delegation of Banu Kulf
Start: 631
Location: Madinah

~9 AH · 9 AH

What happened

Around nine people of Banu Kulf came to the Prophet ﷺ, telling him, "We have come to you so that you may pray for us for all good." The Prophet ﷺ made du'a for them, hosted and fed them, and they stayed in Madinah for a few days, praying Jumu'ah with him. Al-Hakam ibn Hazn RA, one of the group who saw the Prophet ﷺ only this once, recalled seeing him deliver the khutbah holding up a stick or bow, in which he said: "O people, do what you can, and know that you will never be able to do everything you have been commanded to do, so cover up, and come as close as you can to what you are supposed to do."

Around this time

Other events recorded in 9 AH. Their order within the year is not established; use the storyline above for the sequence.

ExpeditionThe Battle of Tabuk~Rajab, 9 AH (late July / early August, per the lecture's reckoning) · 9 AH DeathDeath and Burial of Abdullah Dhu al-Bijadayn RA~9 AH, during the encampment at Tabuk · 9 AH ExpeditionDestruction of the Idol of al-Fuls~Between the Siege of Ta'if and the Battle of Tabuk, 9 AH · 9 AH DelegationHeraclius's Test of the Three Signs (Hadith of al-Tanukhi)~c. 7-8 AH · 9 AH ExpeditionKhalid ibn al-Walid's Expedition to Dawmat al-Jandal~Rajab, 9 AH (630 CE) · 9 AH InstitutionMasjid al-Dirar (the Masjid of Harm)~Built shortly before Tabuk (9 AH); destroyed on the return from Tabuk (9 AH) · 9 AH EventPassing by Al-Hijr, the Valley of Thamud~9 AH, on the return march from Tabuk · 9 AH PersecutionThe Hypocrites' Attempt to Assassinate the Prophet ﷺ at Tabuk~9 AH, on the return march from Tabuk · 9 AH RevelationThe Munafiqun's Mockery on the Return from Tabuk~9 AH, on the return march from Tabuk · 9 AH EventThe Prophet ﷺ Return to Madinah from Tabuk~9 AH, on returning from Tabuk · 9 AH IncidentThe Prophet ﷺ's Ila': Marital Dispute with His Wives~Likely the 8th or 9th year of the Hijrah, possibly shortly before Tabuk · 9 AH SermonThe Prophet's ﷺ Khutbah at Tabuk~Rajab, 9 AH (630 CE) · 9 AH

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al-Hakam ibn Hazn RA

Narration · 9 AH

We were around nine people who came to the Prophet ﷺ. We entered upon him and said, "We have come to you so that you may pray for us for all good." So the Prophet ﷺ made du'a for us, and he took care of us, and he was hospitable to us, and he fed us. And we stayed in Madinah for a few days, and we prayed Jumu'ah as well. I saw him giving the Jumu'ah khutbah holding up a stick or bow.

Muhammad ﷺ

Sermon · 9 AH

O people, do what you can, and know that you will never be able to do everything you have been commanded to do, so cover up, and come as close as you can to what you are supposed to do.

From the Jumu'ah khutbah al-Hakam ibn Hazn RA witnessed during his tribe's stay in Madinah.

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al-Hakam ibn Hazn RA
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Muhammad ﷺ

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