Perkara-perkara besar yang berlaku pada zamannya ialah pengutusan tentera Usamah; memerangi golongan yang murtad (daripada Islam) dan mereka yang enggan membayar zakat; serta Musailamah si Pendusta; dan 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 bahawa cUmar, semoga Allah meredainya, berkata: Apabila Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, murtadlah sesiapa sahaja yang murtad dari kalangan orang Arab, dan mereka berkata, 'Kami akan solat tetapi kami tidak akan menunaikan zakat!' Aku pergi menemui Abu Bakar dan berkata, 'Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ, lembutkanlah hati orang ramai dan bersikaplah lemah lembut serta sederhana terhadap mereka, kerana mereka hanyalah setaraf dengan binatang liar.' Beliau berkata, 'Aku mengharapkan pertolonganmu, namun engkau datang kepadaku dengan menahan pertolonganmu.'

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 zaman Jahiliyyah dan memberi kelonggaran dalam Islam! Dengan apakah kamu fikir aku patut mendamaikan mereka? Dengan syair yang direka dan sihir palsu? Jauhilah, jauhilah! Nabi ﷺ telah wafat dan wahyu telah terputus. Demi Allah, aku akan memerangi mereka selagi pedang ini masih di tanganku, walaupun mereka enggan menyerahkan kepadaku seutas tali unta. ‘Umar berkata: Aku dapati beliau lebih tajam pandangannya dalam perkara ini daripada aku, lebih tegas, dan beliau menghimpunkan orang ramai dalam perkara-perkara yang bagi kebanyakan orang kelihatan kecil dan remeh kerana menyusahkan mereka, ketika aku dilantik memegang kepimpinan ke 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 Ibn ‘Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa ‘A’isyah, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: Apabila Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, kemunafikan mengangkat kepalanya, orang-orang Arab murtad, dan kaum Ansar mengasingkan diri. Sekiranya apa yang turun kepada ayahku itu turun ke atas gunung-gunung yang kukuh, nescaya gunung-gunung itu akan hancur. Mereka tidak berselisih pendapat tentang sesuatu melainkan ayahku segera mengemukakan kebaikan dan pertimbangannya. Mereka bertanya, ‘Di manakah Nabi ﷺ harus dikebumikan?’ Kami tidak dapat menemui sesiapa pun yang mempunyai pengetahuan tentang perkara itu. Lalu Abu Bakr berkata, ‘Aku mendengar Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, “Tiada seorang nabi pun yang wafat melainkan dia dikebumikan di bawah katil tempat dia wafat.”’ Beliau 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 pendapat tentang pewarisan hartanya dan tidak dapat menemui sesiapa pun yang berilmu dalam perkara itu, lalu Abu Bakar berkata, ‘Aku mendengar Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, “Kami, golongan para Nabi, tidak diwarisi. Apa yang kami tinggalkan adalah sedekah”’ Sebahagian ulama berkata: Inilah perselisihan pertama yang berlaku di kalangan para Sahabat, semoga Allah meredai mereka. Ada yang berkata, ‘Kita kebumikan baginda di Makkah, kota tempat baginda dilahirkan’, dan ada yang berkata, ‘Tidak, di masjidnya,’ dan ada yang berkata, ‘Tidak, di al-Baqi‘’, dan ada yang berkata, ‘Di Baitul Maqdis, tanah perkuburan para Nabi’, sehinggalah Abu Bakar memberitahu mereka ilmu yang ada padanya. Ibn Zunjawayh berkata: Sunnah ini adalah yang hanya dimiliki oleh as-Siddiq di kalangan semua Muhajirin dan Ansar, dan mereka merujuk kepadanya dalam perkara 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 Ibn 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa Abu Hurairah, semoga Allah meredhainya, berkata: "Demi Dia yang tiada tuhan selain Dia, sekiranya Abu Bakar tidak dilantik menjadi khalifah, nescaya Allah tidak akan disembah." Kemudian dia mengulanginya kali kedua dan kemudian kali ketiga. Seseorang bertanya kepadanya, "Bagaimana boleh begitu, wahai Abu Hurairah?" Maka dia berkata, "Rasulullah ﷺ telah mengarahkan Usamah bin Zaid, bersama tujuh ratus orang, ke Syam. Apabila mereka tiba di Dhu Khushub, Nabi ﷺ wafat, lalu orang-orang Arab di sekitar Madinah murtad daripada Islam. Para sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ berkumpul di sekelilingnya dan berkata, 'Kembalikan pasukan ini. Adakah engkau hendak mengarahkan mereka menentang Byzantine sedangkan orang-orang Arab di sekitar Madinah telah murtad?' Dia berkata, 'Demi Dia yang tiada tuhan selain Dia, sekalipun anjing menarik isteri-isteri Nabi ﷺ dengan kaki mereka, aku tidak akan memanggil pulang pasukan yang telah dikeluarkan oleh Rasulullah ﷺ, dan tidak akan melepaskan panji yang telah diikat oleh baginda!' Lalu dia menghantar Usamah, dan setiap kabilah yang mereka lalui, yang berhasrat untuk murtad, akan berkata (kepada diri mereka), 'Sekiranya mereka (penduduk Madinah) tidak mempunyai kekuatan, pasukan seperti ini tidak akan keluar dari kalangan mereka, maka biarkanlah mereka sehingga mereka bertemu dengan Byzantine.' Mereka (pasukan Usamah) bertemu dengan musuh, mengalahkan mereka, membunuh mereka dan pulang dengan selamat, sehingga kabilah-kabilah itu kekal teguh dalam Islam." Dan dia meriwayatkan bahawa 'Urwah berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ mula berkata semasa baginda sakit, "Berangkatkanlah pasukan Usamah," lalu pasukan itu berjalan sehingga sampai ke al-Jurf (tiga batu dari Madinah di jalan menuju Syam). Isterinya, Fatimah binti Qais, menghantar pesan kepadanya yang berbunyi, "Jangan tergesa-gesa, kerana Rasulullah ﷺ sedang sangat berat sakitnya." Dia tidak meneruskan (pelaksanaan perintah itu) sehingga Rasulullah ﷺ wafat. Apabila baginda wafat, dia kembali kepada Abu Bakr lalu berkata, "Rasulullah ﷺ mengutuskan aku ketika kita tidak berada dalam keadaan yang kamu lihat ini. Aku bimbang orang-orang Arab akan menolak (Islam mereka), dan jika mereka menolak, mereka adalah golongan pertama yang akan diperangi. Jika mereka tidak menolak, aku akan meneruskan, kerana bersamaku ada para pemimpin kaum dan orang yang terbaik dalam kalangan mereka." Abu Bakr lalu berucap kepada orang ramai dan berkata, "Demi Allah, sesungguhnya dibawa pergi oleh burung-burung (pemangsa) lebih aku sukai daripada aku mendahulukan sesuatu atas perintah Rasulullah ﷺ." Kemudian dia pun mengutuskannya.

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: Apabila kematian Nabi ﷺ menjadi terkenal di seluruh wilayah, banyak kelompok Arab murtad daripada Islam dan enggan menunaikan zakat, lalu Abu Bakr as-Siddiq bersiap untuk memerangi mereka. cUmar dan yang lain menasihatinya supaya tidak memerangi mereka, maka beliau berkata, ‘Demi Allah, jika mereka enggan memberikan kepadaku seutas tali pengikat unta atau seekor anak kambing yang dahulu mereka serahkan kepada Rasulullah ﷺ, aku tetap akan memerangi mereka kerana keengganan itu.’ cUmar berkata, ‘Bagaimana engkau boleh memerangi manusia sedangkan Rasulullah ﷺ telah bersabda, “Aku diperintahkan untuk memerangi manusia sehingga mereka mengucapkan: Tiada tuhan melainkan Allah, dan bahawa Muhammad ialah Rasulullah ﷺ. Sesiapa yang telah mengucapkannya, harta dan darahnya terpelihara daripadaku kecuali dengan haknya (hukuman bagi kesalahan)”?’

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 hisabnya terserah kepada Allah.”? Abu Bakar berkata, “Demi Allah, aku akan memerangi sesiapa yang membezakan antara solat dan zakat, kerana zakat itu adalah kewajipan ke atas harta, dan (Nabi) ﷺ bersabda, ‘Kecuali dengan haknya.’” cUmar berkata, “Demi Allah, tidak lain bahawa aku melihat Allah telah melapangkan dada Abu Bakar untuk berperang, dan aku tahu bahawa itu adalah benar.” Kedua-dua Shaykh dan lain-lain 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.

ʿUrwah berkata: Abu Bakr keluar bersama kaum Muhajirin dan kaum Ansar sehingga beliau sampai ke sebuah paya yang menghadap Najd, dan orang-orang Arab badwi pun lari bersama keluarga mereka. Orang ramai berbicara kepada Abu Bakr dan berkata, "Kembalilah ke Madinah, kepada anak-anak dan wanita-wanita, dan lantiklah seorang lelaki memimpin tentera," dan mereka terus mendesak sehingga beliau kembali, lalu melantik Khalid bin al-Walid sebagai ketua. Beliau berkata kepadanya, "Jika mereka tunduk kepada Islam dan membayar sadaqah (zakat), maka sesiapa di antara kamu yang ingin kembali boleh kembali," dan Abu Bakr pun kembali 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 daripada Ibn cUmar bahawa beliau berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar keluar dan telah menunggang untanya, cAli bin Abi Talib memegang tali kekangnya dan berkata, "Ke mana engkau hendak pergi, wahai khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ? Aku katakan kepadamu apa yang Rasulullah ﷺ katakan kepadamu pada hari Uhud, 'Sarungkanlah pedangmu, dan janganlah engkau menyebabkan kami berdukacita dan bimbang tentang dirimu,' dan kembalilah ke Madinah, kerana demi Allah, jika kami ditimpa kedukaan kerana engkau, maka tidak akan ada lagi keteraturan dalam Islam selama-lamanya." Handhalah bin cAli al-Laythi berkata bahawa Abu Bakar menghantar Khalid dan memerintahkannya untuk memerangi manusia atas lima perkara, dan sesiapa yang meninggalkan salah satu daripadanya, hendaklah dia memeranginya sama seperti dia memerangi sesiapa yang meninggalkan kesemua lima: syahadah bahawa tiada tuhan melainkan Allah dan bahawa Muhammad ﷺ ialah hamba dan utusan-Nya, mendirikan solat, menunaikan zakat, berpuasa Ramadan dan menunaikan haji ke Baitullah. Khalid dan orang-orang bersamanya keluar pada bulan Jumadil Akhir dan memerangi Bani Asad dan Ghatafan. Mereka membunuh sesiapa yang mereka bunuh dan menawan sesiapa yang mereka tawan, dan selebihnya 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, ʿUkkashah ibn Mihsan dan Thabit ibn Aqram syahid.

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

Pada bulan Ramadan tahun ini, Fatimah, semoga Allah meridhainya, puteri Rasulullah ﷺ, meninggal dunia. Beliau adalah penghulu wanita sekalian alam (Sayyidah), dan usianya ketika itu dua puluh empat tahun. Adh-Dhahabi berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ tidak mempunyai keturunan melainkan melalui beliau, kerana keturunan puterinya Zaynab telah terputus, sebagaimana dikatakan oleh 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.

Umm Ayman meninggal dunia sebulan sebelum beliau. Pada bulan Syawal, cAbdullah bin Abi Bakr meninggal dunia. Kemudian Khalid pergi bersama tenteranya ke al-Yamamah untuk memerangi Musaylimah sang Pendusta, menjelang akhir tahun itu. Kedua-dua pasukan bertemu, pengepungan berlangsung beberapa hari, dan kemudian sang Pendusta itu terbunuh, semoga Allah melaknatnya. Wahshi, orang yang telah membunuh Hamzah, membunuhnya. Sejumlah besar para Sahabat gugur syahid di sana: Abu Huzaifah bin cUtbah, Salim bekas hamba Abu Huzaifah, 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 cUthman bin Mazcun, cAbbad bin Bisyr, Ma'an bin cAdi, Tsabit bin Qais bin Syammas, Abu Dujanah Simak bin Kharasyah dan sejumlah besar lagi, berjumlah tujuh puluh orang (dari kalangan para Sahabat). Musaylimah, pada hari kematiannya, berusia seratus lima puluh tahun, kelahirannya mendahului kelahiran cAbdullah, ayahanda 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 menghantar al-cAla' ibn al-Hadrami ke Bahrain, kepada mereka yang telah murtad. Maka mereka bertemu di Jawatha, dan orang-orang Islam memperoleh kemenangan. Beliau menghantar cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl ke Oman, kepada mereka yang telah murtad, dan menghantar al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayyah kepada penduduk Nujayr. Beliau menghantar Ziyad ibn Labid al-Ansari kepada sekumpulan mereka yang telah murtad. Pada tahun itu, Abu'l-cAs ibn ar-Rabic meninggal dunia, suami kepada Zainab, puteri Nabi ﷺ, dan juga as-Sacb ibn Juthamah al-Laythi, serta Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi. Pada tahun itu, setelah selesai memerangi orang-orang yang telah murtad, as-Siddiq, semoga Allah meredainya, menghantar Khalid ibn al-Walid ke negeri Basrah. Beliau menyerang Ubullah, menawannya, dan menguasai Mada'in Kisra, yang terletak di Iraq, sebahagiannya melalui perjanjian dan sebahagiannya dengan paksaan. Pada tahun itu, Abu Bakar as-Siddiq menunaikan haji, kemudian kembali dan menghantar cAmr ibn al-cAs bersama tentera ke Syria. Pertempuran Ajnadayn berlaku pada bulan Jumada al-Ula tahun ketiga belas, dan orang-orang Islam memperoleh kemenangan. Abu Bakar menerima khabar gembira ketika beliau hampir wafat. cIkrimah ibn Abi Jahl syahid dalam pertempuran itu, begitu juga Hisham ibn al-cAs bersama sekumpulan yang lain. Pada tahun itu berlaku pertempuran Marju's-Suffar. Orang-orang musyrik dikalahkan, dan al-Fadl ibn al-cAbbas, antara lain, 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.