14.1
ʿAbd al-Razzāq, on the authority of Maʿmar, who said: Qatādah and ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Judʿān related to me that they both heard Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab say: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṷ reported to me that:
When the Messenger of God had set off for Tabūk, he appointed ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib over us as his vicegerent.188 ʿAlī said, “O Messenger of God! I do not wish for you to set off in any direction without me at your side.” But the Prophet replied, “Are you not content to be as near to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there shall be no prophet after me?”
14.2
Maʿmar said: al-Zuhrī reported to me:
Abū Lubābah was among those who failed to accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk expedition. Later he tied himself to a pillar of the mosque and said, “By God, I won’t untie myself or taste food or drink until either I die or God accepts my repentance.” He remained there seven days, tasting neither food nor drink, until he collapsed to the ground unconscious. God then accepted his repentance, and he was told, “God has accepted your repentance, Abū Lubābah.”
“By God,” he replied, “I will not untie myself unless the Messenger of God unties me with his own hands!”
So the Prophet came to untie him with his own hands. After this, Abū Lubābah said, “O Messenger of God! With my repentance I swear to forsake my tribe’s abode where I committed sin and to surrender my wealth in its entirety as alms to God and His Messenger!”
“A third of it will suffice, Abū Lubābah,” replied the Prophet.
14.3
ʿAbd al-Razzāq, on the authority of Maʿmar, who said: al-Zuhrī reported to me, saying: the son of Kaʿb ibn Mālik reported to me:
The first matter for which Abū Lubābah had been censured related to a dispute between him and an orphan over a date palm. They brought their dispute before the Prophet, and he ruled that the tree belonged to Abū Lubābah; but the orphan wept, so the Prophet said, “Hand the tree over to him.” Abū Lubābah refused, so the Prophet said, “Give it to him and you shall have its like in Paradise.” Yet still he refused. Ibn al-Daḥdāḥah went to speak with Abū Lubābah: “Would you sell this date palm in exchange for two gardens.” “Yes,” he agreed. Ibn al-Daḥdāḥah then left to go see the Prophet and said, “Messenger of God, do you think, if I give this orphan this date palm, that I shall have its like in Paradise?” “Yes,” replied the Prophet, so Ibn al-Daḥdāḥah gave the orphan the tree. Thus the Prophet used to say, “How many fruit-bearing palms await Ibn al-Daḥdāḥah in Paradise!”189
Abū Lubābah also gestured toward the Qurayẓah clan when they were handed over to the judgment of Saʿd. That is, he gestured toward his neck, meaning they would be slaughtered. He also failed to accompany the Prophet on the Tabūk expedition, but later God accepted his repentance.