1 Safar — Return of the wounded Ahram ﵁ to Medina
Having recovered, Ahram ﵁ reached Medina on the first day of the month of Safar.
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Events of Safar (صَفَر) in the life of the Prophet ﷺ
In this Hijri month, Safar (صَفَر), the book “Siratul Mustafa” records 12 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.
Events by day
26 Safar 11 AH — Order for the expedition of Usama ibn Zayd ﵄ against the Romans
On Monday, the 26th of Safar, the Messenger ﷺ ordered a march against the Romans (towards Ubna, the site of the Battle of Mu'ta), appointing Usama ibn Zayd ﵄ as commander; this was the last expedition he ﷺ sent out.
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27 Safar — Departure of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from Mecca (Hijra, Start of the Journey to the Cave of Thawr)
According to the scholars of the sira, the Prophet ﷺ left Mecca on Thursday, the 27th of Safar, and spent three nights in the Cave of Thawr; Ibn Hazm and al-Mughultay adopted this view. Ikhtilaf (scholarly disagreement) on the date. In the calendar: the 27th of Safar (as in the main text of the book: the view the author considers more correct or calls mashhur (widely held)). Other opinions: the 1st of Rabi' al-Awwal: on p. 373 the author writes that the Prophet ﷺ "set out from Mecca" on the 1st of Rabi' al-Awwal; this may refer to his leaving the cave (the same chapter also disputes the day of the week: Monday according to al-Hakim, Thursday according to al-Khwarizmi and Ibn Hajar).
Events of the month without an exact day
Safar — Beginning of the last illness of the Messenger ﷺ
In the last ten days of the month of Safar the Messenger ﷺ went out at night to pray for the dead at al-Baqi', and on returning felt a headache and fever; it was a Wednesday, the day of Maymuna's ﵂ turn. The illness lasted 13 or 14 days.
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Safar 2 AH — Ghazwa of al-Abwa (Waddan): the First Campaign of the Prophet ﷺ
At the beginning of Safar 2 AH the Prophet ﷺ personally set out with the Muhajirun to al-Abwa against a Quraysh caravan and Banu Damra; they did not find the caravan, and concluded a pact of non-aggression and mutual assistance with the chief of Banu Damra, Makhshi ibn Amr. He returned to Medina after fifteen days without fighting.
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Safar 4 AH — The event of ar-Raji (martyrdom of Asim, Khubayb, Zayd and their companions)
In Safar, people from the tribes of Adal and Qara came to the Messenger ﷺ asking him to send men to teach them the Quran and Islam; he sent ten men, who were betrayed and killed at ar-Raji (Asim, Abdullah ibn Tariq, Khubayb, Zayd ibn ad-Dathina and others).
Safar 4 AH — The event of Bir Ma'una (sariyya of the Qurra')
In the same month of Safar, Abu Bara Amir ibn Malik came to the Messenger ﷺ and proposed sending men to Najd; seventy reciters of the Quran were sent under al-Mundhir ibn Amr ﵁, and they were treacherously slain at Bir Ma'una by the men of Amir ibn at-Tufayl.
Safar 8 AH — Sariyya of Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi against Banu al-Mulawwih
In Safar 8 AH, Ghalib ibn Abdullah was sent to Kurayd; at night he attacked Banu al-Mulawwih and seized camels; heavy rain filled the valley and protected the detachment from pursuit.
Safar 8 AH — Acceptance of Islam by Khalid ibn al-Walid, Uthman ibn Talha and Amr ibn al-As ﵃
Three Companions came to Medina and accepted Islam; the author gives two views about the time: Safar 8 AH and the period after Khaybar (7 AH). On the authority of Amr ﵁: at the beginning of Safar 8 AH. Ikhtilaf (scholarly disagreement) on the date. In the calendar: Safar 8 AH (as in the main text of the book: the view the author considers more correct or calls "mashhur (widely held)"). Other views: 7 AH — another view: they accepted Islam after Khaybar in 7 AH (the figure in the text is "ےھ").
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Safar 9 AH — Expedition of Abdullah ibn Awsaja to Banu Amr ibn Harisa
In Safar the Messenger ﷺ sent Abdullah ibn Awsaja with a letter to Banu Amr ibn Harisa; they rejected Islam.
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Safar 9 AH — Expedition of Qutba ibn Amir against Khath'am
In the same month (Safar) the Messenger ﷺ sent twenty men under Qutba ibn Amir against Khath'am; they were defeated and the spoils were divided.
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Safar 9 AH — Delegation of Banu Udhra
In Safar, 9 AH, twelve men of the tribe of Udhra arrived; the Messenger ﷺ foretold the imminent conquest of Sham.
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