Muhajirun

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The Muhajirun (

Hijra. The early Muslims from Medina are called the Ansar
("helpers").

During Muhammad's era

About a month after Hamzah's unsuccessful attack in the first caravan raid, Muhammad entrusted a party of sixty Muhajirun led by Ubaydah to conduct another operation at a Quraysh caravan that was returning from Syria and protected by one hundred men. The leader of this caravan was

Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas shot an arrow at the Quraysh. This is known as the first arrow of Islam.[1] Despite this surprise attack, no fighting took place and the Muslims returned empty-handed. It is believed that Ubaydah was the first to carry the banner of Islam; others say Hamzah was the first to carry the first banner.[2][3][4]

Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas was ordered to lead the third raid. His group consisted of about twenty Muhajirs. This raid was done about a month after the previous. Sa'd, with his soldiers, set up an ambush in the valley of

Kharrar on the road to Mecca and waited to raid a returning Meccan caravan from Syria. But the caravan had already passed and the Muslims returned to Medina without a fight.[2][3][5][6]
[7]

The fourth raid, known as the

Al-Abwa). The aim was to intercept the caravans of the Quraysh. The raid party did not meet any Quraysh during the raid.[3][6]

The fifth raid, known as the

these raids was to get back what they had lost when they migrated from Mecca to Medina to avoid persecution by Quraysh for practicing their religion. Quraysh seized the property and belongings left behind by Muslims and sold those.[4][6][8] The caravan was led by 100 Quraysh and 2,500 camels were with them.[9]

List

Men

Women

Daughters of Muhammad

  • Fatimah
    , daughter of Muhammad and the wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • Ruqayyah
    , daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Uthman ibn Affan
  • Umm Kulthum, daughter of Muhammad, and a wife of Uthman Ibn Affan
  • Zaynab, daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi'
  • Umamah bint Zainab
    , grand daughter of Muhammad and a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib

See also

References

  1. ^ Sahih al-Bukhari, 5:57:74
  2. ^ a b c Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar p. 127
  3. ^
  4. ^ a b Witness Pioneer "Pre-Badr Missions and Invasions"
  5. ^ Mubarakpuri, Sealed Nectar, P 147
  6. ^ a b c Hawarey, Dr. Mosab (2010). The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (in Arabic). Islamic Book Trust. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic. English version here
  7. ^ Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, Mukhtaṣar zād al-maʻād, p. 345.
  8. ^ Muḥammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, Mukhtaṣar zād al-maʻād, p. 346.
  9. ^ Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar (Free Version), p. 128
  10. ^ IslamWeb
  11. ^ a b c d e Peshawar Nights on Al-Islam.org