Arrival of the delegation of Judham

The delegation of Judham was a delegation from the tribe of Judham, a large Arab tribe whose homes were on the edges of ash-Sham and what borders the Hijaz. Some of its men came to the Prophet ﷺ in the Madinan period. The best-known person mentioned in this account is Rifa'ah ibn Zayd al-Judhami, also called al-Dhubaybi. He came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Hudaybiyyah truce, before Khaybar. He embraced Islam and became a good Muslim, and he gave the Prophet ﷺ a young slave. The Prophet ﷺ then wrote him a letter to his people calling them to Islam and granting safety to those among them who believed. This incident shows the spread of the Prophet's call beyond Madinah and Makkah to the tribes of ash-Sham and the Hijaz, and the Prophet's use of letters and treaties to build relations with tribes, not by fighting alone. Books of delegations mention the report of Rifa'ah among the delegations of Judham, and connect it with what later happened of some branches of Judham joining the call and the Prophetic state.