Umayr bin Muqbil al-Judhami transmits this statement of his father: Sayyiduna Rifa'ah bin Zayd al-Judhami came with a delegation to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a letter written for him in which was written: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This is a letter from Sayyiduna Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for Rifa'ah bin Zayd: I am sending him to his people, (and to) whoever enters among them; he will invite them to Allah and His Messenger. Whoever believes will be counted in the party of Allah and the party of His Messenger, and whoever turns away will have safe conduct for two months." When Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to his people, they accepted his invitation. Then he set out until he camped on the stony ground (harrah) of al-Rajla, and after that he remained there until Sayyiduna Dihyah al-Kalbi (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived from Caesar, to whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent him. When they were staying in one of their valleys called Shanar, and he had merchandise with him, al-Hunayd bin Uways attacked it; his father was al-Dab'i, belonging to a sub-clan of Judham. They took everything he had with him. Then some men of Sayyiduna Rifa'ah's (may Allah be pleased with him) people went out to them and came towards them; among those who came was al-Nu'man bin Abi Ji'al. Eventually they confronted those people and fighting took place. Qurrah bin Ashqar al-Dab'i struck al-Nu'man bin Abi Ji'al with a stone, wounding his leg and covering it in blood, and said: "(Take that, I am) Ibn Uthalah." Then al-Nu'man bin Abi Ji'al threw a stone and struck him on the knee, and said: "I am Ibn Uthalah." Hassan bin Millah had been with Dihyah al-Kalbi before this, and he had taught him Surah al-Fatihah. Then they recovered what was in those people's hands and returned it to Sayyiduna Dihyah (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Dihyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him about this, and he demanded the blood of al-Hunayd and his father Uways. The reason for this was that there was agitation between Zayd and Judham. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) and sent an army with him. They headed towards Ghatafan, Judham and Wa'il, and the men of Salman and Sa'd bin Hudhayl, until Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to them with the letter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He camped on the stony ground of al-Rajla, while Sayyiduna Rifa'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) was at Kura' al-Amim, and with him were some men of Banu Dabib, while all the rest of Banu Dabib were in the valley of Madarah on one side of the stony ground.
Tabarani recorded it in this way as a connected (muttasil) report, and also as a disconnected (munqati') and abridged report from Ibn Ishaq, not going beyond them. The connected chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know, and the chain of both up to Ibn Ishaq is jayyid (good).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9592
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (340/20)»