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ʿUbayda ibn al-Ḥārith ( ar, عبيدة بن الحارث) () was a relative and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is known for commanding the expedition in which Islam’s first arrow was shot and for being the first Muslim to be '' martyred'' in battle and third ever in Islam.


Family

Ubaydah was the son of al-Harith ibn Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy,Muhammad ibn Ishaq, ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Abdullah and of his uncle
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. His mother, Sukhayla bint Khuza'i ibn Huwayrith ibn al-Harith ibn Khaythama ibn al-Harith ibn Malik ibn Jusham ibn Thaqif, was from the Thaqif tribe. He had two full brothers, al-Tufayl and al-Husayn, who were more than twenty years younger than himself. By various concubines, he was the father of nine children: Muawiya, Awn, Munqidh, al-Harith, Ibrahim, Rabta, Khadija, Suhaykhla and Safiya.Zaynab bint Khuzayma Zaynab bint Khuzaymah ( ar, زينب بنت خزيمة) ( 596 – 625), also known as Umm al-Masākīn ( ar, أم المساكين, link=no, "Mother of the Poor"), was the fifth wife of the Prophets in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. As a resul ...
. Ubaydah's appearance is described as "medium, swarthy, with a handsome face."Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
 before Muhammad entered the house of
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 at the invitation of Abu Bakr. In 622 Ubaydah and his brothers, together with their young cousin Mistah ibn Uthatha, joined the general emigration to Medina. until Muhammad allotted them some land in Medina. Muhammad gave Ubaydah two brothers in Islam: Abu Bakr's freedman Bilal ibn Rabah and an ''ansar'' named Umayr ibn Al-Humam.Hamza Hamza ( ar, همزة ') () is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop . Hamza is not one of the 28 "full" letters and owes its existence to historical inconsistencies in the standard writing system. It is derived from ...
 was the first.Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and 200 armed riders.Haykal, M. H. (1935). Translated by al-Faruqi, I. R. A. (1976). ''The Life of Muhammad'', p. 256. Chicago: North American Trust Publications.Mubarakpuri, S. R. (1979). ''Ar-Raheeq Al-Maktum'' (''The Sealed Nectar''), p. 92. Riyadh: Darussalem Publishers.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl
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/ref> The Muslim party travelled as far as the wells at Thanyat al-Murra, where Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas shot an arrow at the Quraysh, said to be the first arrow shot in Islam. Despite this surprise attack, "they did not unsheathe a sword or approach one another," and the Muslims returned empty-handed.


Death

Ubaydah was killed 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 ...
in 624 in triple combat against Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, who cut off his leg. Although he was the first Muslim to be struck down at Badr, he survived his injury for several hours, so the first Muslims who actually died in the battle were Umar’s freedman Mihja’ and Haritha ibn Suraqa. It is alleged that Ubaydah composed poetry while he was dying:
''You may cut off my leg, yet I am a Muslim.'' ''I hope in exchange for a life near to Allah,'' ''with ''Houris'' fashioned like the most beautiful statues,'' ''with the highest heaven for those who mount there...''
He died at al-Safra, a day's march from Badr, and was buried there.Family tree of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...
 * Sahaba * List of expeditions of Muhammad * Shahid


External links


abudawud Book 14, Number 2659


References

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