Sariyya of Zayd ibn Haritha to Umm Qirfa

سرية زيد بن حارثة إلى أم قرفة

After the defeat at Bi'r Ma'una, the Prophet ﷺ sent his adopted son Zayd ibn Haritha (may God be pleased with him) to Umm Qirfa and Banu Fazar; he killed her household and captured the slave-girl later gifted to Hazzan ibn Abi Wahb of the Ansar. The chapter also carries Aisha's narration, and the scene of the Prophet rising to meet Zayd, embracing and kissing him as he returned.

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«فأتى زيد فقرع الباب، فقام إليه رسول الله يجر ثوبه عريانا، ما رأيته عريانا قبلها، حتى اعتنقه وقبله، ثم سأله فأخبره بما ظفره الله»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Zayd ibn Haritha· Muhammad· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· The Tragedy of Bi'r Ma'una

People and things also explored

Sariyya of Usama ibn Zayd to Mu'ta· Medina· Muktatafat min al-Sira (lecture series)· Muhammad· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· Aisha's dream: three moons fell into her chamber· The three years of the secret call· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina

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. “Sariyya of Zayd ibn Haritha to Umm Qirfa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/waqidi-maghazi-zayd-umm-qarfa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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Sariyya of Usama ibn Zayd to Mu'ta

In the Prophet's final days he sent Usama ibn Zayd — son of Zayd ibn Haritha who fell at Mu'ta — at the head of an army drawn from the clans of al-Ash'ariyyin toward al-Balqa' against the Byzantines; some murmured at his youth. Waqidi records the Prophet's rebuke to his family: 'march in God's name until you reach your father's killers — I have put you in charge of this army.'