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 the ugliness of your Hinder parts. When ye therefore mention Allah, be abstemious and stand upright, for, verily, froth is on the surface of what is pure.'" "'Commander of the Believers'", replied Ṭulaiḥah, "this is one of the corruptions of unbelief which has altogether been destroyed by Islâm. I am not, therefore, to be scolded for holding a part of it." ʿUmar remained silent.

. Khâlid ibn-al-Walîd came to Rammân and Abânain where the remnant of the army of Buzâkhah stood. They refrained from fighting against him and swore allegiance before him to abu-Bakr.

. Khâlid ibn-al-Walîd sent Hishâm ibn-al-ʿÂṣi ibn-Wâʾil as-Sahmi., a brother of ʿAmr ibn-al-ʿÂṣi, one of the early Moslems and one of the Emigrants to Abyssinia, to the banu-ʿÂmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah. Banu-ʿÂmir did not resist him and professed Islâm and practised the call to prayer. So he left them.

. Ḳurrah ibn-Hubairah-l-Ḳushairi, having refused to pay ṣadaḳah and reinforced Ṭulaiḥah, was taken by Hishâm ibn-al-ʿÂṣi to Khâlid. The latter carried him to abu-Bakr to whom Ḳurrah said, "By Allah I never forsook my faith since I became a believer. As ʿAmr ibn-al-ʿÂṣi on his way back from ʿUmaân passed by me, I treated him hospitably and was loyal to him." ʿAmr was questioned by abu-Bakr regarding that, and he corroborated the statement. Consequently, abu-Bakr spared Ḳurrah's life.

Others assert that Khâlid advanced to the land of the banu-ʿÂmir, took Ḳurrah captive and sent him to abu-Bakr.

. Then Khâlid ibn-al-Walîd