At a glance
«قال لي رسول الله من الليل: يا أم سلمة، قد نزلت توبة كعب بن مالك وصاحبيه»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
The three who were left behind after Tabuk· Medina· Muhammad· Abu Dharr lags behind and follows on foot· Abu Khaythama catches up with the Prophet· Abu Ruhm and the stragglers of Ghifar and Aslam· al-Jadd ibn Qays asks leave to stay behind· Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's family
Sources
- Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)
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islam.museum contributors. “Battle of Tabuk — the glad tidings to Ka'b ibn Malik at Umm Salama's”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/waqidi-maghazi-tabuk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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