Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e tamariki ana, ka noho a Samura hei hoa mo Muhammad. E ai ki te hitori o al-Waqidi (d. 823), i whawhai ia i roto i nga rarangi o Muhammad i te
Te Pakanga o Uhud i te 627, i muri i te whakaponotanga o Muhammad mo tana kaha i te wa i hiahia ai te poropiti Islamic ki te whakahoki ia ki Medina na te mea he tamariki tonu ia. I muri mai ka uru ia ki te wikitoria Muslim o Sasanian Iran (630s <unk> 640s), a ka tohua hei kawana tuarua o Suq al-Ahwaz i te rohe o Khuzistan e Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, te kawana o Basra, tetahi o nga taone nui e rua o Arapi o Iraq.