A Gift from the Holy Prophet (sa)

Hazrat Rubayy bint Mu‘awwiz (ra) relates:

“My uncle Hazrat Mu‘az bin Afraa (ra) handed me some fresh dates, and sent me to the Holy Prophet (sa). The Holy Prophet (sa) in turn gave me some jewellery which had been gifted to him by the governor of Bahrain.” In another narration Hazrat Rubayy bint Mu‘awwiz (ra) relates, “My uncle Hazrat Mu‘az (ra) handed me a gift to take to the Holy Prophet (sa) and in return he gave me some jewellery which he had received from the governor of Bahrain.”

Allamah Ibn Athir writes, “The governor of Bahrain and other kings only started to send gifts to the Holy Prophet (sa) when Islam had spread and strengthened, and after he had sent letters to these kings. He [the governor] too was among those who sent back letters and also gifts.”

(Usdul Ghabah, Vol. 5, p. 192, Mu’az bin al-Harith bin Rifa‘ah, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003)