Expedition of Uyainah bin Hisn

Expedition

Muhammad's tax collectors forced out

The Banu Tamim were a tribe who fought alongside Muhammad and helped in the Battle of Hunayn and Conquest of Mecca. However, when Muhammad sent a delegation led by Uyainah bin Hisn to collect tax (or zakat, which he made obligatory), the Banu al-Anbar, a sub-tribe of the Banu Tamim, refused to pay it. Instead they attacked him and forced him out of the territory, even before he could ask for the tax.{{citation|title=The Life of Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA477| first=Hussain|last=Haykal|date=1 Jun 2010|publisher=Islamic Book Trust

Capturing of men, women and children

Uyainah bin Hisn came back and told the news to Muhammad, who then sent 50 Muslim fighters to enforce his orders{{citation|title=The Life of Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA477| first=Hussain|last=Haykal|date=1 Jun 2010|publisher=Islamic Book Trust

Poetry contest

Then a delegation of the Banu Tamim rushed to Medina to ask for his forgiveness. Muhammad refused to talk to them, as he felt they were disturbing him.{{citation|title=The Life of Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA478| first=Hussain|last=Haykal|date=1 Jun 2010|publisher=Islamic Book Trust

When they had the chance to talk, they reminded him of their comradeship in arms (in the Battle of Hunayn) and offered to recite some poems to Muhammad and contest against Muhammad's own poets.{{citation|title=The Life of Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA478| first=Hussain|last=Haykal|date=1 Jun 2010|publisher=Islamic Book Trust

The first person to stand up and contest in poetry (which was an Arab tradition at the time) from the Banu Tamim. Then Muhammad ordered Thabit ibn Qays to reply with his poetry. Thabit recited that Muhammad was a messenger from heaven, devoted to the Muhajir (refugees) and the faithful. He finished the poem by threatening the destruction that were against all those who refuse Islam.{{citation|title=The Life of Mahomet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QyIPouT4DqcC&pg=PA449| first=William|last=Muir|date=August 1878|publisher=Kessinger Publishing Co (10 Aug 2003)

Quran verse

After reciting the poems, the Banu Tamim delegation admitted that Muhammad's poets exceeded them in eloquence. Muhammad released the prisoners thereafter but told them not to be so rude to him in the future. Is also said in one of the Quran verses, which perhaps it was revealed to them:

The famous Muslim jurist, Ibn Kathir, mentions in his Tafsir that Thabit ibn Qays believed he was among the dwellers of fire because he raised his voice against Muhammad. Muhammad comforted him by claiming he was among the dwellers of paradise. Qays was later killed in the Battle of Yamama.{{citation|title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir Juz' 26 (Part 26)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J5vwsvEki8kC&pg=PA110

According to the Muslim Scholar Hussain Haykal, all tribes that refused Muhammad's authority faced his overwhelming power. They were confronted with the choices of either (1) converting to Islam and paying the zakat, or if they refused to convert, (2) submitting to the Muslim political power and paying the kharaj.{{citation|title=The Life of Mohammed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOyO-TSo5nEC&pg=PA478| first=Hussain|last=Haykal|date=1 Jun 2010|publisher=Islamic Book Trust

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