Hawazin

The Battle of Hunayn (630 CE) was fought a month after the conquest of Mecca between the Muslims and a coalition of the Hawazin and Thaqif tribes. A near-disastrous ambush was reversed into a decisive Muslim victory, followed by the siege of Ta'if and a generous distribution of captives and spoils.

Halima bint Abi Dhu'ayb al-Sa'diyya, of the Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr, was the Bedouin wet-nurse who raised the infant Prophet Muhammad in the desert. Her tribe's foster-tie to him shaped his clemency toward Hawazin captives at the Battle of Hunayn decades later.