The Weepers (al-bakka'un)
البكاؤون
Seven men of the Ansar and others who came to the Prophet asking for mounts to join the Tabuk campaign; when he had nothing to carry them, they turned back with tears streaming down their faces.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
Seven men of the Ansar and others came to the Prophet asking for mounts to Tabuk; he found nothing to carry them, so they turned back, their eyes overflowing with tears of sorrow. 1
In Ibn Ishaq's Sira
- Ibn Ishaq names them "al-Bakka'un" (the Weepers) and counts seven: Salim ibn Umayr, Ulba ibn Zayd, Abu Layla Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'b, Amr ibn Humam ibn al-Jumuh, Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal al-Muzani, Harami ibn Abdullah, and Irbad ibn Sariya. 1
- There is a dispute over the names which the editors, and Ibn Ishaq himself, noted, concerning Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal (or Abdullah ibn Amr al-Muzani). 1
People and things also explored
The army of hardship (jaysh al-usra)Staying behind from the Tabuk expeditionThe plot of Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn QaysThe Badr war councilThe duel at BadrThe affair of the Badr prisonersThe Qulayb at BadrThe Battle of Badr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/161
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