Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali (name also al-Hudhali, or Hudayr) belonged to the Banu Lahyan tribe at the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad said that Khalid was planning on attacking Madinah and instructed the people of Nakhla and Uranah to attack him in return unan Abu Dawud 1249 Therefore he sent Abdullah ibn Unais to assassinate him in 625 during the

Expedition of Abdullah Ibn Unais The Expedition of Abdullah ibn Unais, also known as the Assassination of Khaled bin Sufyan was the first attack against the Banu Lahyan, which took place in the month of Muharram in the year A.H. 3. It was reported that Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathal ...

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Abdullah ibn Unais Abdullah ibn Unais was a companion (Sahaba) of the Islamic prophet 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 ...

found Hudayr in the company of his wife, when asked about his identity. Unais replied:

"I am an Arab tribesman who has heard of you and the Army you are raising to fight Muhammad, so I have come to join your ranks."

Sufyan ibn Khalid trusted him. Then Unais asked to talk to him privately, once, while conversing, Abdullah ibn Unais walked a short distance with ibn Khalid, and when an opportunity came he struck him with his sword and killed him. After killing ibn Khalid, he cut off his head, brought that to Muhammad, Muhammad gave him his staff as a reward and said:

This will function as a sign of recognition for you and me, on the day of resurrection
Musnad Ahmad ''Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal'' ( ar, مسند أحمد بن حنبل) is a collection of musnad hadith compiled by the Islamic scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 AH/855 AD) to whom the Hanbali fiqh (legislation) is attributed. Description It is one ...
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says Ahmad 3:496, al-Waqidi 2:533

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This assassination had the effect of silencing the Banu Lahyan, for some time. But another branch of Banu Lihyan wanted to take revenge for the killing of their leader, Sufyan ibn Khalid and where thinking of means to do so.

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Male murder victims 7th-century Arabs Year of birth missing 625 deaths Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown {{Islam-bio-stub

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