It is narrated from Hazrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent his maternal uncle Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him)—who was the brother of Hazrat Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her)—with those seventy companions (may Allah be pleased with them) who were martyred at the incident of Bi’r Ma‘unah. At that time, the leader of the polytheists was ‘Amir bin Tufayl. He once came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said,“Accept one of three things regarding me: either the city dwellers be with you and the villagers be with me, or I be appointed as your successor after you, otherwise I will fight you with a thousand red and yellow horses and a thousand red and yellow camels from Banu Ghatafan.”Later, someone wounded him with a spear in the house of a woman from a certain tribe, and he began to say,“I have gotten a boil in the house of such-and-such tribe’s woman, like the one that appears in a camel. Bring me my horse.”He mounted the horse but did not get to dismount from its back; he died on the way.

Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) set out with two men, one of whom belonged to Banu Umayyah and the other was lame. He said to both of them,“Stay close to me until I return. If you find me safe, that is very good; otherwise, if they kill me, you will be near me, and go inform the rest of the companions.”Saying this, Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) proceeded. Upon reaching the relevant tribe, he said,“Do I have permission to convey the message of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to you?”They granted permission. Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) began to mention the message before them, and the enemies signaled to a man from behind, who came from behind and thrust a spear through him so that it passed through his body. Hazrat Haram (may Allah be pleased with him) fell, saying,“Allahu Akbar! By the Lord of the Ka‘bah, I have succeeded!”Then they martyred all the companions (may Allah be pleased with them), except the lame man, who survived because he had climbed to the top of a mountain.

In this context, the following revelation was sent down—“which was recited earlier and was later abrogated”—that,“Convey this message to our people: We have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us and has made us pleased.”Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to supplicate against the tribes of Ri‘l, Dhakwan, Banu Lihyan, and ‘Usayyah—“who had disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)”—for forty days.