In this Hijri month, Dhul Qa’dah (ذُو القَعْدَة), the book “Siratul Mustafa” records 14 events from the life of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his companions. Dates follow the text of the book; where scholars differ on a date (ikhtilaf), the description gives the main view and the others.
On Monday, the 1st of Dhul Qa'dah 6 AH, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left Medina intending to perform umra, with about one and a half thousand Muhajirun and Ansar, without weapons of war; Quraysh did not allow him into Mecca, and camp was pitched at al-Hudaybiyya.
Returning from Ta'if, the Messenger ﷺ arrived at al-Ji'rana, where the spoils had been gathered, and waited more than ten days for a delegation of Hawazin, then divided the spoils.
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On the night of the 18th of Dhul Qa'dah the Messenger ﷺ set out from al-Ji'rana for Makkah intending to perform Umrah, appointed Attab ibn Asid as governor of Makkah and left Mu'adh ibn Jabal ﵁ to teach the religion.
In Dhul Qa'dah, 10 AH, the Messenger ﷺ announced his intention to perform the Hajj in person and on Saturday, between Dhuhr and Asr, on the 25th, set out from Madinah with a great multitude of Muhajirun and Ansar, with his wives and Fatima ﵂.
The Messenger ﷺ entered Madinah with the Companions on the 27th of Dhul Qa'dah.
After the Fijar war ended, preparations for the Hilf al-Fudul pact began in Dhul Qa'dah: az-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib was its initiator, and Banu Hashim and Banu Taym gathered in the house of Abdullah ibn Jud'an and swore to defend the wronged. The Prophet ﷺ was present.
In the month of Dhul Qa'dah the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, on seeing the new moon, ordered the Muslims to set out for the make-up umra for the one not completed at al-Hudaybiyya; about two thousand people were with him, along with 70 sacrificial camels; they entered ihram at Dhul Hulayfa.
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Maymuna ﵂ became the wife of the Prophet ﷺ in the month of Dhul Qa'dah, when he came to Makkah to perform the Umrah in place of the Umrah of Hudaybiyya; the mahr was five hundred dirhams. The author notes a disagreement as to whether the Prophet ﷺ was in ihram at the time of the nikah.
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In Dhul Qa'dah 1 AH the Prophet ﷺ sent twenty Muhajirun on foot under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ﵁ to Kharrar; the detachment traveled by night, but the Quraysh caravan had already gone, and they returned to Medina. Ikhtilaf (scholarly disagreement) on the date. In the calendar: Dhul Qa'dah 1 AH (as in the main text of the book: the view the author considers more correct or calls mashhur (widely held)). Other opinions: 2 AH: Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham place the three sariyyas after al-Abwa, in 2 AH (in the text «آدھ»; the figure is damaged).
After al-Khandaq, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, at the command of Jibril, marched against Banu Qurayza and besieged them (25 days); Sa'd ibn Mu'adh ﵁ passed judgement on them.
In the month of Dhul Qa'dah 8 AH the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Amr ibn al-As ﵁ with a message to Jayfar and Abd, the sons of al-Julanda; both accepted Islam.
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In Dhul Qa'dah the Messenger ﷺ sent Abu Bakr ﵁ as leader of the Hajj with three hundred men; then he sent Ali ﵁ after him to proclaim the verses of Surah "Bara'a"; Ali ﵁ proclaimed them at the Jamrat al-Aqaba on the Day of an-Nahr.
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In Dhul Qa'dah of this year Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul died; a verse was revealed forbidding the funeral prayer over the hypocrites.
The embassy of the tribe of Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, brought by Khalid ﵁, was received with honour in Madinah; at the beginning of Dhul Qa'dah, 10 AH, on its return, Qays ibn Husayn was appointed over it, and then Amr ibn Hazm ﵁ was sent to teach and to collect sadaqah, with written instructions.
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