In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
Authored by Sheikh Musa bin Rashid al-Azimi.
May Allah preserve him.
The grief of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
over the martyrs of Bi'r Ma'unah.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, received
the news of the tragedy of Bi'r Ma'unah,
and the companions of the expedition of al-Raji' on the same day.
He grieved for them intensely,
and began to supplicate against those who had betrayed his companions
for a full month in every prayer.
Imam Muslim narrated in his Sahih
on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said
to his companions:
"Your brothers have been killed,
and they said:
'O Allah, convey to our Prophet on our behalf
that we have met You,
so we are pleased with You, and You are pleased with us.'"
The two Sheikhs (al-Bukhari and Muslim) narrated in their Sahihs,
as did Imam Ahmad in his Musnad,
with the wording belonging to Ahmad,
on the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
"I have never seen the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
grieve over anything at all
as he grieved over the companions of Bi'r Ma'unah,
the companions of the expedition of al-Mundhir Ibn 'Amr."
He spent a month supplicating against those who had harmed them
during the Qunut of the morning prayer,
calling against the tribes of Ri'l, Dhakwan,
'Usayya, and Lihyan,
who were from the tribe of Banu Sulaym.
Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad,
as did Abu Dawud and al-Hakim with a sound chain of narration,
on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, performed Qunut
for a consecutive month
in the Dhuhr, 'Asr,
Maghrib, 'Isha', and Fajr prayers,
at the end of every prayer,
when he would say, "Allah hears those who praise Him,"
from the final rak'ah,
supplicating against them,
against a clan of Banu Sulaym,
against Ri'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usayya,
while those behind him would say 'Amin.'
He had sent them to invite them to Islam,
but they killed them.
The two Sheikhs narrated in their Sahihs
on the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
Allah, the Almighty, revealed
regarding those killed at Bi'r Ma'unah
a Qur'anic verse that we recited,
until it was later abrogated:
"Inform our people that we have met our Lord,
so He is pleased with us, and we are pleased with Him."
The return of 'Amr Ibn Umayya al-Damri, may Allah be pleased with him,
to Medina.
'Amr Ibn Umayya al-Damri, may Allah be pleased with him, was taken captive.
When they learned he was from the tribe of Mudar,
they released him for a strange reason.
Ibn Ishaq said:
They took 'Amr Ibn Umayya as a captive,
and when he informed them that he was from Mudar,
'Amir Ibn al-Tufayl released him,
cut his forelock,
and freed him as an act of expiation
for an oath his mother had made.
The killing of the 'Amiri men.
'Amr Ibn Umayya al-Damri, may Allah be pleased with him, returned
to Medina.
When he reached al-Qarqara,
two men from Banu 'Amir approached,
the tribe of those who had betrayed the reciter-companions, may Allah be pleased with them.
They rested with him in the shade where he was.
The 'Amiri men had a treaty and protection from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
which 'Amr Ibn Umayya, may Allah be pleased with him, did not know about.
He had asked them when they arrived:
"Who are you?"
They replied: "From Banu 'Amir."
He waited until they fell asleep, then killed them,
believing he had taken his revenge against Banu 'Amir through them.
When 'Amr Ibn Umayya, may Allah be pleased with him, came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
he told him the news of his companions,
and told him of his killing the two men from Banu 'Amir.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
"You have killed two men for whom I must pay blood money."
The killing of these two men by 'Amr Ibn Umayya al-Damri, may Allah be pleased with him,
and the Prophet's, peace be upon him, gathering of their blood money,
became a cause for the Battle of Banu al-Nadir, as mentioned by Ibn Ishaq.
A Concise Summary of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
If the longing of the worlds for some is long,
then the longing for you has no fathomable extent.
May Allah send blessings upon you as long as the call to prayer is raised,
and as long as lips move with the remainder of the remembrance.