Di antara peristiwa-peristiwa besar yang terjadi pada masanya adalah pengiriman pasukan Usamah; memerangi orang-orang yang murtad (dari Islam) dan orang-orang yang menolak membayar zakat; Musailamah sang pendusta; serta pengumpulan Al-Qur'an.

Those weighty matters which happened in his days were the despatch of Usamah’s army; fighting against the people who reneged (on Islam) and against those who refused the zakat-, Musaylimah the I ,iar; and the collection of the Qur’an.

Al-Ismacili meriwayatkan bahwa 'Umar, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: Ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, murtadlah siapa pun dari kalangan Arab yang murtad, dan mereka berkata, "Kami akan shalat, tetapi kami tidak akan membayar zakat!" Aku lalu datang kepada Abu Bakr dan berkata, "Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ, bersikaplah lunak kepada orang-orang dan bersikaplah lembut serta santun terhadap mereka, karena mereka hanyalah setara dengan binatang liar." Ia berkata, "Aku berharap mendapat bantuanmu, tetapi engkau datang kepadaku dengan menahan bantuanmu."

Al-Ismacili narrated that cUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died there reneged whoever reneged of the Arabs and they said, ‘We will pray but we will not produce the zakat! I went to Abu Bakr and said, ‘Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah, be conciliatory with the people and be gentle and mild with them, for they are only on the level of wild animals.’ He said, ‘I hoped lor your help and you have come to me holding back your help.

Tiran di masa Jahiliyyah dan pemberi keringanan dalam Islam! Dengan apa menurutmu aku harus mendamaikan mereka? Dengan syair-syair yang disusun dan sihir yang dipalsukan? Menjauhlah, menjauhlah! Nabi ﷺ telah wafat dan wahyu telah terputus. Demi Allah, aku akan memerangi mereka selama pedang masih ada di tanganku, sekalipun mereka menolak memberiku seutas tali kekang (unta).’ 'Umar berkata: Aku mendapatinya (Abu Bakr) lebih tajam pandangannya dalam perkara ini daripada aku, dan lebih teguh. Ia mengumpulkan orang-orang dalam perkara-perkara yang bagi banyak orang tampak kecil dan remeh karena terasa berat bagi mereka, ketika aku diangkat sebagai pemimpin atas mereka.

Tyrannical in Jahiliyyah and granting licence in Islam! With what did you think I should conciliate them? With composed verses and forged magic? Away, away! The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has gone and revelation is cut off. By Allah, I will fight them as long as the sword remains in my hand, even if they refuse me a hobbling rope (of a camel).’ cUmar said: I found him more penetrating on the matter than me, more resolute, and he collected the people together on matters which appeared little and unimportant to many because of their inconvenience to them when I was appointed in command over them.

Abu'l-Qasim al-Baghawi, Abu Bakr asy-Syafi'i, dalam kitab Fawa'id-nya, dan Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahwa 'Aisyah, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: Ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, kemunafikan pun menampakkan kepalanya, orang-orang Arab murtad, dan kaum Anshar mengasingkan diri. Seandainya apa yang turun kepada ayahku itu turun di atas gunung-gunung yang kokoh, niscaya gunung-gunung itu akan hancur. Mereka tidak berselisih pendapat tentang suatu hal kecuali ayahku selalu tanggap dalam menemukan jalan keluar dan penilaiannya yang tepat. Mereka berkata, "Di mana Nabi ﷺ harus dimakamkan?" Kami tidak menemukan seorang pun yang memiliki pengetahuan tentang hal itu. Kemudian Abu Bakar berkata, "Aku mendengar Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, 'Tidaklah seorang nabi wafat melainkan ia dimakamkan di bawah tempat tidur tempat ia wafat.'" Ia berkata:

Abu’l-Qasim al-Baghawi, Abu Bakr ash-Shafici, in his Fawa’id, and Ibn cAsakir narrated that cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died then hypocrisy raised its head, the Arabs reneged and the Ansar secluded themselves. If that which descended on my father had come down on the immovable mountains it would have broken them. They did not disagreeon a point but that my father was prompt with its utility and its judgement. They said, ‘Where should the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, be buried?’ We could not find anyone with knowledge of that. Then Abu Bakr said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, “No Prophet dies but that he is buried beneath the bed upon which he died.’” She said:

Mereka berselisih mengenai warisan beliau, dan tidak dapat menemukan seorang pun yang berilmu tentang hal itu. Lalu Abu Bakar berkata, "Aku mendengar Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, 'Kami, para nabi, tidak mewarisi dan tidak diwarisi. Apa yang kami tinggalkan adalah sedekah.'" Sebagian ulama berkata: Inilah perselisihan pertama yang terjadi di antara para Sahabat, semoga Allah ridha kepada mereka. Ada yang berkata, "Kita kuburkan beliau di Makkah, kota tempat beliau dilahirkan," dan yang lain berkata, "Tidak, di masjidnya," dan yang lain berkata, "Tidak, di al-Baqi'," dan yang lain berkata, "Di Baitul Maqdis, tanah pemakaman para nabi," hingga Abu Bakar menyampaikan ilmu yang beliau miliki. Ibnu Zunjawaih berkata: Sunnah ini merupakan sesuatu yang khusus dimiliki oleh as-Siddiq di antara seluruh Muhajirin dan Anshar, dan mereka merujuk kepadanya dalam hal ini.

They disagreed about his inheritance and could find no-one with knowledge on that point, then Abu Bakr said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, “We, the company of the Prophets, we are not inherited from. What we leave is sadaqah”’ Some of the men of knowledge said: This was the first disagreement which happened among the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. Some said, ‘We will bury him in Makkah, his city in which he was born’, and others said, ‘No, in his mosque,’ and others said, ‘No, in al-Baqic’, and others said, ‘In al-Bait al-Maqdis, the burial ground of the Prophets’, until Abu Bakr told them of the knowledge that he had. Ibn Zunjawayh said: This Sunnah was one which was uniquely as-Siddiq’s among all of the Muhajirun and Ansar and they had recourse to him for it.

Al-Bayhaqi dan Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Hurairah, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: "Demi Dzat yang tiada tuhan selain Dia, seandainya Abu Bakar tidak diangkat sebagai khalifah, niscaya Allah tidak akan disembah." Kemudian ia mengucapkannya untuk kedua kalinya, lalu untuk ketiga kalinya. Seseorang bertanya kepadanya, "Bagaimana bisa, wahai Abu Hurairah?" Maka ia berkata, "Rasulullah ﷺ mengutus Usamah bin Zaid bersama tujuh ratus orang ke Syam. Ketika mereka tiba di Dzu Khusyub, Nabi ﷺ wafat. Orang-orang Arab di sekitar Madinah murtad dari Islam, dan para sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ berkumpul di sekitar Abu Bakar dan berkata, 'Kembalikan pasukan ini. Apakah engkau mengirimnya untuk melawan Romawi, sementara orang-orang Arab di sekitar Madinah telah murtad?' Ia berkata, 'Demi Dzat yang tiada tuhan selain Dia, sekalipun anjing-anjing menyeret kaki istri-istri Nabi ﷺ, aku tidak akan mengembalikan pasukan yang telah diberangkatkan oleh Rasulullah ﷺ, dan tidak akan membatalkan panji yang telah diikatkan oleh beliau!' Maka ia tetap mengirim Usamah. Setiap kabilah yang dilewatinya dan hendak murtad berkata dalam hati, 'Jika mereka (penduduk Madinah) tidak memiliki kekuatan, tentu pasukan seperti ini tidak akan keluar dari tengah-tengah mereka. Maka biarkanlah mereka sampai bertemu dengan Romawi.' Mereka bertemu dengan Romawi, mengalahkan, membunuh, dan kembali dengan selamat, sehingga kabilah-kabilah itu tetap teguh dalam Islam." Dan ia meriwayatkan bahwa 'Urwah berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ mulai mengatakan dalam sakitnya, "Berangkatkanlah pasukan Usamah," sehingga pasukan itu berangkat hingga sampai di al-Jurf (berjarak tiga mil dari Madinah di jalan menuju Syam). Istrinya, Fathimah binti Qais, mengirim pesan kepadanya yang berbunyi, "Jangan tergesa-gesa, karena Rasulullah ﷺ sedang sakit parah." Dia tidak melanjutkan perjalanan hingga Rasulullah ﷺ wafat. Ketika Nabi ﷺ wafat, ia kembali kepada Abu Bakar dan berkata, "Rasulullah ﷺ mengutusku ketika kita tidak berada dalam keadaan seperti sekarang ini. Aku khawatir bangsa Arab akan menolak (Islam mereka), dan jika mereka menolak, mereka adalah yang pertama harus diperangi. Jika mereka tidak menolak, aku akan melanjutkan, karena bersamaku ada para pemimpin kaum dan orang-orang terbaik di antara mereka." Abu Bakar berbicara kepada orang-orang dan berkata, "Demi Allah, diterkam burung (pemangsa) lebih aku cintai daripada aku harus mendahulukan sesuatu atas perintah Rasulullah ﷺ." Kemudian ia pun mengutusnya.

Al-Bayhaqi and Ibn cAsakir narrated that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘By the One Whom there is no god but Him, if Abu Bakr had not been appointed khalifah then Allah would not have been worshipped.’ Then he said it a second time and then he said it a third time. Someone said to him, ‘How so, Abu Hurayrah?’ So he said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, directed Usamah ibn Zaid, along with seven hundred men, to Syria. When they arrived at Dhu Khushub the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, the Arabs around Madinah reneged on their Islam and the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gathered around him and said, “Bring these back. Do you direct these against the Byzantines while the Arabs around Madinah have reneged?” He said, “By the One Whom there is no god but Him, even if dogs were dragging the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, by their feet I would not return an army which the Messenger of Allah had sent out, nor undo a standard wliich he had tied!” He sent Usamah, and every tribe he would pass by which was wishing to renege would say (to themselves), “If these (the people of Madinah) did not have power, the like of these (the army) would not have come out from among them, so let us leave them alone until they meet the Byzantines.” They met them, defeated them, killed them and returned safely, so that they (the tribes) remained firm in Islam.’ And he narrated that cUrwah said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, began to say in his illness, 'Despatch the army of Usamah,’ so that it travelled until it reached al-Jurf (three miles from Madinah on the road to Syria). His (Usamah’s) wife, Fatimah bint Qais, sent a message to him saying, 'Do not hasten, because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is heavily afflicted.’ He did not proceed until the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died. When he died, he returned to Abu Bakr and said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent me while we were not in this state of yours. I fear that the Arabs will reject (their Islam), and if they reject, they are the first to be fought. If they do not reject, I will carry on, because with me are the chiefs of the people and the best of them.’ Abu Bakr addressed the people and said, ‘By Allah, that birds (of prey) were to snatch me away is more beloved to me than that I should give anything precedence over the command of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ Then he sent him.

Adh-Dhahabi berkata: Ketika wafatnya Nabi ﷺ menjadi kabar yang tersebar di berbagai daerah, banyak kelompok dari bangsa Arab yang murtad dari Islam dan menolak membayar zakat, maka Abu Bakar ash-Shiddiq bersiap untuk memerangi mereka. Umar dan yang lainnya menasihatinya agar tidak memerangi mereka, lalu ia berkata, "Demi Allah, seandainya mereka menolak memberikan kepadaku seutas tali pengikat unta atau seekor anak kambing betina yang dahulu mereka serahkan kepada Rasulullah ﷺ, niscaya aku akan memerangi mereka karena penolakan itu." Umar berkata, "Bagaimana engkau bisa memerangi manusia padahal Rasulullah ﷺ telah bersabda, 'Aku diperintahkan untuk memerangi manusia hingga mereka mengucapkan: Tiada tuhan selain Allah, dan bahwa Muhammad adalah utusan Allah ﷺ. Barangsiapa telah mengucapkannya, maka harta dan darahnya terlindungi dariku kecuali dengan haknya (hukuman atas tindak pidana)."

Adh-Dhahabi said: When the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, became well known in the districts, many groups of the Arabs reneged on their Islam and refused the zakat so Abu Bakr as-Siddiq prepared to fight them. cUmar and others counselled him to avoid fighting them, so he said, ‘By Allah, if they refused me a hobbling cord or a young she-goat which they used to pay to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, I would fight them over its refusal.’ TJmar said, ‘How can you fight people when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I have been ordered to fight people until they say: There is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and whoever said it, his property and his blood are safe from me except for its due (punishment for crimes)

dan perhitungannya terserah kepada Allah.”? Abu Bakr berkata, “Demi Allah, aku pasti akan memerangi siapa pun yang membedakan antara shalat dan zakat, karena zakat adalah kewajiban atas harta. Dan beliau bersabda, ‘Kecuali dengan haknya.’” ‘Umar berkata, “Demi Allah, itu hanyalah karena aku melihat bahwa Allah telah melapangkan dada Abu Bakr untuk berperang, dan aku tahu bahwa itu adalah benar.” Kedua Syaikh dan lainnya meriwayatkannya.

and his reckoning is up to Allah.”?’ Abu Bakr said, ‘By Allah, I will fight whoever makes a distinction between the prayer and the zakat, for the zakat is what is due on property, and he said, “Except for its due.’” cUmar said, ‘By Allah, it was only that I saw that Allah had expanded the breast of Abu Bakr to fighting and I knew that it was right.’ The two Shaykhs and others narrated it.

'Urwah berkata: Abu Bakar keluar bersama kaum Muhajirin dan Anshar hingga ia sampai di sebuah rawa yang berhadapan dengan Najd, dan orang-orang Arab badui melarikan diri bersama keluarga mereka. Orang-orang berbicara kepada Abu Bakar dan berkata, "Kembalilah ke Madinah, kepada anak-anak dan para wanita, dan tunjuklah seorang laki-laki sebagai panglima pasukan," dan mereka terus mendesaknya hingga ia kembali, dengan menunjuk Khalid bin al-Walid sebagai panglima. Ia berkata kepadanya, "Jika mereka tunduk dalam Islam dan membayar sedekah (zakat), maka siapa pun di antara kalian yang ingin kembali, boleh kembali," lalu Abu Bakar pulang ke Madinah.

cUrwah said: Abu Bakr went out with the Muhajirun and the Ansar until he reached a swamp opposite Najd and the nomadic Arabs fled with their families. The people spoke to Abu Bakr and said, ‘Go back to Madinah, to the children and women, and put a man in command of the army,’ and they persisted until he returned, putting Khalid ibn al-Walid in command. He said to him, ‘If they submit in Islam and pay the sadaqah (the zakai) then whoever of you wishes to return may return,’ and Abu Bakr went back to Madinah.

Ad-Daraqutni meriwayatkan dari Ibnu Umar, ia berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar berangkat dan telah menunggang untanya, Ali bin Abi Thalib memegang kendalinya dan berkata, "Hendak ke mana engkau, wahai Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ? Aku katakan kepadamu apa yang pernah Rasulullah ﷺ katakan kepadamu pada Hari Uhud, 'Sarungkanlah pedangmu, dan jangan membuat kami bersedih dan khawatir terhadap dirimu,' dan kembalilah ke Madinah, karena demi Allah, jika kami sampai bersedih karena engkau, maka tidak akan ada lagi keteraturan dalam Islam selamanya." Handhalah bin Ali al-Laitsi berkata bahwa Abu Bakar mengirim Khalid dan memerintahkannya untuk memerangi manusia atas lima perkara, dan bahwa siapa pun yang meninggalkan salah satu darinya, ia harus memerangi orang itu sebagaimana ia harus memerangi orang yang meninggalkan kelimanya: syahadat bahwa tidak ada tuhan selain Allah dan bahwa Muhammad ﷺ adalah hamba dan utusan-Nya, menegakkan shalat, menunaikan zakat, puasa Ramadan, dan haji ke Baitullah. Khalid dan orang-orang yang bersamanya berangkat pada bulan Jumadil Akhir dan memerangi Bani Asad dan Ghatafan. Mereka membunuh siapa pun yang mereka bunuh dan menawan siapa pun yang mereka tawan, dan sisanya kembali kepada Islam.

Ad-Daraqutni narrated that Ibn TJmar said: When Abu Bakr set out and was mounted on his camel, cAli ibn Abi Talib took hold of its reins and said, ‘Where are you going, Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah? I say to you that which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to you on the Day of Uhud, “Sheath your sword, and do not cause us grief and concern for your person,” and return to Madinah, for, by Allah, if we are caused to grieve because of you there will not be any order in Islam ever.’ Handhalah ibn cAli al-Laythi said that Abu Bakr sent Khalid and ordered him to fight people over five matters, and that whoever abandoned one of them, he was to fight him just as he was to fight whoever abandoned all five: the shahadah that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and messenger, the establishment of the prayer, the production of the zakat, the fast of Ramadan and the pilgrimage of the House. Khalid unci those with him went out in Jumada al-Akhirah and fought Banu Asad and Ghatafan. They killed whomever they killed and captured whomever they captured, and the rest returned to Islam.

Dalam peristiwa ini, 'Ukkasyah ibn Mihsan dan Tsabit ibn Aqram gugur sebagai syuhada.

In this event cUkkashah ibn Mihsan and Thabit ibn Aqram were martyred.

Pada bulan Ramadan tahun ini, Fatimah, semoga Allah meridhainya, putri Rasulullah ﷺ, wafat. Ia adalah Sayyidah (pemimpin) para wanita dunia, dan usianya saat itu dua puluh empat tahun. Adh-Dhahabi berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ tidak memiliki keturunan kecuali melalui dirinya, karena keturunan putrinya Zainab telah terputus, demikian dikatakan az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar.

In Ramadan of this year, Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, the Mistress (.Sayyidah) of the world’s women, and her age was twenty-four years old. Adh-Dhahabi said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had no descendants but through her, because the issue of his daughter Zaynab became extinct, az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar said.

Ummu Ayman wafat sebulan sebelum beliau. Pada bulan Syawal, cAbdullah bin Abi Bakar wafat. Kemudian Khalid pergi bersama pasukannya menuju al-Yamamah untuk memerangi Musailamah si Pendusta, menjelang akhir tahun. Kedua pasukan bertemu, pengepungan berlangsung beberapa hari, lalu si Pendusta itu terbunuh, semoga Allah melaknatnya. Wahsyi, orang yang membunuh Hamzah, yang membunuhnya. Sejumlah besar sahabat gugur syahid di sana: Abu Hudzaifah bin cUtbah, Salim budak yang dimerdekakan Abu Hudzaifah, Syuja' bin Wahb, Zaid bin al-Khattab, cAbdullah bin Sahl, Malik bin cAmr, at-Tufail bin cAmr ad-Dausi, Yazid bin Qais, cAmir bin al-Bukair, cAbdullah bin Makhramah, as-Sa'ib bin cUtsman bin Mazh'un, cAbbad bin Bisyr, Ma'an bin cAdi, Tsabit bin Qais bin Syammas, Abu Dujanah Simak bin Kharasyah, dan jumlah yang besar, seluruhnya tujuh puluh (orang dari kalangan sahabat). Musailamah, pada hari kematiannya, berusia seratus lima puluh tahun, kelahirannya sebelum kelahiran cAbdullah, ayah Nabi ﷺ.

Umm Ayman died a month before her. In Shawwal cAbdullah ibn Abi Bakr died. Then Khalid went with his army to al-Yamamah to light Musaylimah the Liar, towards the end of the year. The two hosts met, the siege lasted some days, and then the Liar was killed, may Allah curse him. Wahshi, the one who killed Hamzah, killed him. A great number of the Companions were martyred there: Abu Hudhayfah ibn cUtbah, Salim the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, Shujac ibn Wahb, Zaid ibn al-Khattab, cAbdullah ibn Sahl, Malik ibn cAmr, at-Tufayl ibn cAmr ad-Dawsi, Yazid ibn Qais, cAmir ibn al-Bukayr, cAbdullah ibn Makhramah, as-Sa’ib ibn cUthman ibn Madhcun, cAbbad ibn Bishr, Macan ibn cAdi, Thabit\ibn Qais ibn Shamas, Abu Dujanah Simak ibn Harb and a large number totalling seventy (of the Companions). Musaylimah, on the day of his death, was one hundred and fifty years old, his birth having been before the birth of cAbdullah, the father of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Pada tahun kedua belas, as-Siddiq mengutus al-cAla' ibn al-Hadrami ke Bahrain untuk menghadapi orang-orang yang murtad. Maka mereka bertemu di Jawatha, dan kaum Muslimin meraih kemenangan. Ia mengutus cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl ke Oman untuk menghadapi orang-orang yang murtad, dan ia mengutus al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayyah kepada penduduk Nujayr. Ia mengutus Ziyad ibn Labid al-Ansari kepada sekelompok orang yang murtad. Pada tahun itu wafat Abu'l-cAs ibn ar-Rabic, suami Zainab, putri Nabi ﷺ, juga as-Sacb ibn Juthamah al-Laythi, dan Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi. Pada tahun itu, setelah selesai memerangi orang-orang yang murtad, as-Siddiq, semoga Allah meridainya, mengutus Khalid ibn al-Walid ke negeri Basra. Ia menyerbu Ubullah, menaklukkannya, dan merebut Mada'in Kisra, yang berada di Irak, sebagian melalui perjanjian dan sebagian dengan kekerasan. Pada tahun itu Abu Bakr as-Siddiq menunaikan ibadah Haji, kemudian kembali dan mengutus cAmr ibn al-cAs beserta pasukan ke Syam. Pertempuran Ajnadayn terjadi pada bulan Jumada al-Ula tahun ketiga belas, dan kaum Muslimin meraih kemenangan. Abu Bakr mendapat kabar gembira tentang kemenangan itu ketika ia hampir wafat. cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl gugur syahid dalam pertempuran itu, begitu pula Hisyam ibn al-cAs bersama sejumlah orang lainnya. Pada tahun itu terjadi pertempuran Marju's-Suffar, kaum musyrikin dikalahkan, dan al-Fadl ibn al-cAbbas serta lainnya gugur syahid.

In the twelfth year, as-Siddiq sent al-cAla’ ibn al-Hadrami to Bahrain who had reneged. So they met at Jawatha and the Muslims were victorious. He sent cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl to Oman who had reneged, and he sent al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayyah to the people of Nujayr. He sent Ziyad ibn Labid al-Ansari to a group of those who had reneged. In that year Abu’l-cAs ibn ar-Rabic died, the husband of Zaynab, the daughter of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also as-Sacb ibn Juthamah al-Laythi, and Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi. In that year, after finishing fighting the people who had reneged, as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to the land of Basra and he raided Ubullah, captured it and took Mada’in Kisra, the one which is in Iraq, partly by treaty and partly by force. In that year Abu Bakr as-Siddiq undertook the Hajj, then returned and sent cAmr ibn al-cAs and the army to Syria; the battle of Ajnadayn happened in Jumada al-Ula of the thirteenth year, and the Muslims were victorious. Abu Bakr was given the good tidings when he was close to death. cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl was martyred in it and Hisham ibn al-cAs among a group of others. In that year there was the battle of Marju’s-Suffar, the idolaters were defeated and al-Fadl ibn al-cAbbas, among others, was martyred.