Busr ibn Abi Artat's raid through the Hijaz and Yemen (40 AH)

In 40 AH Mu'awiya sent Busr ibn Abi Artat with three thousand men to the Hijaz and Yemen. ²

Busr entered Medina, and the governor for Ali, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him), had left it. He mounted the pulpit and called out the clans of the Ansar by name. Ibn al-Athir quotes him as saying that had it not been for Mu'awiya's instruction to him, he would not have left a single adult male in it. The people were forced to give the oath, and Jabir ibn Abd Allah gave his allegiance out of fear, after consulting Umm Salama. He then marched to Mecca, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari left it, and its people were coerced. ²

Busr reached Yemen, from which its governor, Ubayd Allah ibn al-Abbas, had departed. He killed its governor Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Madan and his son, and killed the two young sons of Ubayd Allah. The report says that a man of Kinana fought to defend them until he was killed, and that a woman of Kinana addressed Busr, rejecting the killing of the two boys. ²

Ali sent Jariya ibn Qudama al-Sa'di with two thousand men, and Wahb ibn Mas'ud with two thousand more. Busr and his companions left, and Jariya followed him to Mecca. Then Busr returned to Medina, while Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) was leading the people in prayer, and he left it. Its people gave their allegiance to al-Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him) after the death of his father. The report says that the mother of the two boys lost her reason, and used to cry out at the pilgrimage seasons. ²