Bir Maona also known as Bir Ma'una is a location in Saudi Arabia. The
Expedition of Bir Maona
The Expedition of Bir Maona (also spelt Ma'una), according to Islamic tradition, took place four months after the Battle of Uhud in the year A.H. 4 of the Islamic calendar.
It is believed the Islamic prophet Muhammad sent missionaries to pre ...
took place here where 70 Muslim were killed.
[Mubarakpuri]
The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet
pp. 352. It used to be a well at the time
[Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Bukhārī]
Sahih Bukhari
p. 975
Bir Maona is mentioned in the Sunni hadith collection
Sahih Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...
, as follows:
According to Mubarakpuri, Quran 3:169-173 is also related to the Bir Maona, and the verse was later
abrogated.
See also
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List of battles 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
Populated places in Mecca Province
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