Abdullah ibn Atik was a
companion of
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 ...
. He participated in the
Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik
The Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik ( ar, عبد الله بن عتيك) also known as the Assassination of Abu Rafi' ibn Abi Al-Huqaiq ( ar, أبو رافع بن أبي الحُقَيْق), took place in March, AD 627. Note: Book contains a lis ...
where he successfully assassinated
Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
Salām bin Abī 'l-Huqayq or Abu Rafi () was a Jewish poet of early 7th century Arabia who financed and assisted the Pagan tribes who were fighting Muhammad and his followers, the muslims. He was killed in the Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik. H ...
.
[Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl]
here
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Where he led a group of men from the 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 ...
tribe.
He was killed in the Battle of Yamama
The Battle of Yamama was fought in December 632 as part of the Ridda Wars against a rebellion within the Rashidun Caliphate in the region of al-Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia) between the forces of Abu Bakr and Musaylima, a self-procla ...
.[Muḥammad Riḍā]
Abu Baker Al-Sedeeq: The First Calipha
p.65, Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah, 1999,
Abu Rafi's assassination at the hands of Abdullah ibn Atik is mentioned in many Sunni Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
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Abu Rafi's assassination is mentioned in: , , and many more.
See also
*List of expeditions of Muhammad
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The list of expeditions of Muhammad includes the expeditions undertaken by the Muslim community during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Some sources use the word ''ghazwa'' and a related plural ''maghazi'' in a narrow techn ...
References
Companions of the Prophet
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