Khubayb ibn ʿAdiy (

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: خبيب بن عدي) was a Sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

.Mubarakpuri
The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet
He was killed during the

Expedition of Al Raji The Expedition of al Raji, occurred directly after the Battle of Uhud in the year AH 4 of the Islamic calendar. Background Immediately after the Uhud battle, a group of men from Adal and al-Qarah came to Muhammad; requested him to send with them ...

Background to death

In 625, some men requested Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to send instructors to teach them Islam, but the men were bribed by the two tribes of Khuzaymah. These tribes wanted revenge for the assassination of Khalid bin Sufyan by Prophet Muhammad's followers. To accomplish this, they killed the Muslims.
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After killing Asim ibn Thabit, Hudhayl wanted to sell his head. According to

William Montgomery Watt William Montgomery Watt (14 March 1909 – 24 October 2006) was a Scottish Orientalist, historian, academic and Anglican priest. From 1964 to 1979, he was Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Edinburgh. Watt was one of ...

, an Anglican priest and orientalist, the most common version of the event states that the motives of the Banu Lahyan for attacking Muslims was that the Banu Lahyan wanted to get revenge for the assassination of their chief at prophet Muhammad's instigation. So, they bribed the two tribes of Khuzaymah to say they wanted to convert to Islam. Watt also said that the seven men Prophet Muhammad sent may have been spies for Muhammad and instructors for the Arab tribes. He also said that it is difficult to verify the exact date the assassination of their chief took place. According to the Muslim scholar Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, the Quraysh ordered Khubayb bin Adi to be crucified by

Uqba bin al-Harith Uqba bin al-Harith was a companion of Muhammad, but used to be an enemy of him when he was a Pagan. According to the Muslim scholar Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, when he was still a Pagan, the Quraysh ordered Khubyab bin Adi to be crucified by Uqba bin ...

because he had killed

's father. Prophet Muhammad ordered

The Mission of Amr bin Umayyah al-Damri The Mission of Amr b. Umayyah al-Damri against Abu Sufyan occurred in AH 4 of the ''Islamic Calendar'' i.e. AD 625. According to '' Ar-Rahīq al-Makhtum'' (the Sealed Nectar), a modern ''Islamic'' biography of Muhammad written by the Indian Musl ...

to assassinate Abu Sufyan to avenge Khubyab bin Adi.

Death

Khubaib ibn Adiy was taken captive and escorted in a procession of thousands which was led by men like Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, and Safwan ibn Umayah, and which included Said ibn Amir. The women and children pushed him to the place set for his death. Khubaib's death was to be in revenge for

Quraysh The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qur ...

losses in the

Battle of Badr The Battle of Badr ( ar, غَزْوَةُ بَدِرْ ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ) in the Quran, Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan (calendar month), Ramadan, 2 Anno Hegirae, AH), near the ...

. When the assembled throng arrived at the appointed place with him, the prisoner, Khubaib said in a firm but quiet voice amid the shouting of women and children: :''"If you would, leave me to pray two rakaats before my death."'' This the Quraysh allowed. Khubaib faced the Ka'bah and prayed two

rakaat A Rak'ah ( ar, ركعة ', ; plural: ') is a single iteration of prescribed movements and supplications performed by Muslims as part of the prescribed obligatory prayer known as salah. Each of the five daily prayers observed by Muslims consis ...

s. Then Khubaib faced the Quraysh leaders. :''"By God, if you thought that I asked to pray out of fear of death, I would think the prayer not worth the trouble,"'' he said. Then the Meccans set about dismembering Khubayb's body while he was yet alive and taunting him in the process. :''"Would you like Muhammad to be in your place while you go free?"'' With his blood flowing, he replied, ''"By God, I would not want to be safe and secure among my family while even a thorn hurts Muhammad."'' People shook their fists in the air and the shouting increased. :''"Kill him. Kill him!"'' Khubaib lifted his eyes to the heavens above the wooden cross. :''"O Allah, send my salam to my prophet Muhammad."'' Thereafter it could not be counted the number of swords and spears which cut through Khubaib's body.

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Background to death

Death

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