Abd Allah ibn Rawahah ibn Tha'laba ( ar, عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن رَوَاحَة ٱبْن ثَعْلَبَة, translit=ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥa ibn Thaʿlaba), was one of the
companions of the Islamic
prophet
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Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
who was martyred in the
Battle of Mu'tah.
Biography
Ibn Rawaha was from the
Arabian tribe
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of
Banu Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...
.
The Sealed Nectar
''Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum'' ( ar, الرحيق المختوم; ), is a seerah book, or biography of the Prophet, which was written by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri. This book was awarded first prize by the Muslim World League in a worldwide competitio ...
br>The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge
on sunnipath.com At a time when writing was not a common skill, he was a scribe and a poet.
, URL accessed 2009-09-30
He was one of the twelve representatives of the
Ansar who took an oath of allegiance before the ''
Hijrah
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'', and later spread
Islam to
Medina
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. Also
he was among the 73 that pledged allegiance to Muhammad in Medina.
He is said to have been alert to the supposed plots of
Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy
ʿAbd Allāh ibn 'Ubayy ibn Salūl ( ar, عبد الله بن أبي بن سلول), died 631, was a chieftain of the Banu Khazraj, Khazraj tribe of Medina. Upon the arrival of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Ibn Ubayy seemingly became a Muslim, but ...
.
Military expeditions and death
Abdullah ibn Rawaha was third in command during the
Battle of Mu'tah and was subsequently martyred during the battle.
He also led his own expedition known as the
Expedition of Abdullah ibn Rawaha
Expedition of Abdullah ibn Rawaha to Khaybar, took place in February 628 AD. Ibn Hisham also refers to this as Abdullah b. Rawaha's raid to kill al-Yusayr b. Rizam.
The assassination was successful, and ibn Rizam was killed as well as 29 of ...
, where he was sent to assassinate Al-Yusayr ibn Rizam.
See also
*
Sunni view of the Sahaba
References
Companions of the Prophet
Year of birth unknown
629 deaths
Medieval Arabs killed in battle
Khazrajite people
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