Hadith 30

(The book) ‘Al-Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – ‘It is reported that Bilal seized Jumana daughter of Al-Zihaf Al-Ashjaie. When he was in Al-Na’am valley, she attacked him and hit him strike after strike. Then she gathered whatever was dear to her from gold and silver in a journey and rode one of the horses of her father and went out from the army travelling to her direction to Shihab Bin Mazin, nicknamed as ‘the shining star’, and he had proposed to her from her father. And it was so that the Prophet-saww had sent Salman-ra and Suheyb to him (Bilal) due to his delay. They saw him having had been thrown down upon the surface of the ground dead and the blood was flowing from under him. They came to the Prophet and informed him with that. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Refrain from the crying’, then he-saww prayed two Cycles Salat and supplicated with supplication, then grabbed a handful of water and sprinkled it upon Bilal, and he leapt up standing and went on to kiss the feet of the Prophet-saww. The Prophet-saww said to him: ‘Who is the one who did this with you O Bilal? ’ He said, ‘Jumanah Bint Al-Zihaf, and I am an admirer of hers’. He-saww said: ‘Receive glad tidings O Bilal, for soon I-saww shall send (someone) to her to bring her’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! This my-saww brother Jibraeel-as informing me-saww from Lord-azwj of the worlds that when Jumana killed Bilal, she went to a man called Shihab Bin Mazin, and he had proposed to her from her father, and he did not confer to him with marrying her and she had complained of her state to him, and he has travelled with his forces to battle us. So, stand and aim for him with the Muslims and Allah-azwj the Exalted will Help you over him, and here I-saww am returning to Al-Medina’. He (the narrator) said, ‘During that, the Imam-asws travelled with the Muslims and went on to hurry in the journey until he-asws arrived to Shihab and fought him, and the Muslims were victorious. Shihab became a Muslim and Jumana became a Muslim and (so did) the army, and the Imam-asws came with them to Al-Medina, and they renewed their Islam upon the hands of the Prophet-saww. The Prophet-saww said: ‘O Bilal! What do you say? ’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I was in love with her, but now Shihab is more rightful with her than I am’. During that, he-saww gifted to Shihab for (the sake of) Bilal, two maids, and two horses, and two camels’’. [31]