Ukaydir of Dumah gifted the Prophet ﷺ a fine garment, or a silk cloth. He gave it to me and said, "Cut it into head-coverings to distribute among the women."
حدثناه وكيع حدثناه مسعر عن أبي عون عن أبي صالح الحنفي
أن أكيدر دومة أهدى للنبي ﷺ حلة أو ثوب حرير قال فأعطانيه وقال شققه خمرا بين النسوة
Its chain of transmission is sahih. Abu Awn is Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Saeed Thaqafi Kufi al-Awar, and he is trustworthy. Abu Salih Hanafi is Abdul-Rahman bin Qays, and he is trustworthy, one of the finest of the successors. Some have erred by claiming that Abu Salih Hanafi is Mahan Abu Salim, but this is a mistake. Bukhari said in al-Kabir 4/2/67, in the biographical entry on Mahan, "Some have said Mahan is Abu Salih, but this is not correct." See also Tahzeeb 6:256-257, 10:25-26. The word "Hanafi" was not mentioned in H, so we have restored it from K and H (the second manuscript). The hadith, the Hafiz noted in Tahzeeb 6:257, was also narrated by Muslim, Abu Dawud, and Nasai. See also 963.Dumah, with a damma on the dal, refers to Dumat Jandal, which is a fortress and cluster of villages between Syria and Madinah, near the two mountains of Tayy. It has a wall for defense, and inside the wall there is an impregnable fortress called Marid. Ukaydir was its king, and his name was Ukaydir bin Abdul-Malik bin Abdul-Hayy Kindi. He was a Christian. The Prophet ﷺ made a treaty with him, granted him safety, and imposed the jizya upon him and his people. He later broke the treaty after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so Khalid bin Walid campaigned against him and killed him during the caliphate of Abu Bakr.As for "Shaqafah," in K it reads "Shiqqah."