يوم الهباءة
يوم الهباءة
c. 600 CE
The day of al-Haba'a, when Banu Abs killed Hudhayfa ibn Badr the chief of Fazara — the outrage that broke the Abs–Dhubyan alliance and opened the forty-year war of Dahis and al-Ghabra' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Overview
The Day of al-Habaa is one of the days of the Arabs before Islam. In it the Banu Abs killed Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari, lord of Ghatafan. 1
The account
The Banu Dhubyan and the Banu Abs were allies. al-Baladhuri, in "Ansab al-Ashraf", relates that the killing of Hudhayfa was among the causes of the long war of Dahis and al-Ghabra', between Fazara and Abd Allah ibn Ghatafan on one side, and Abs and Dhubyan on the other. 1
Dating
There is no verified date for the day. It is estimated as shortly before Islam, when the war of Dahis and al-Ghabra' began. 2 It needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- حذيفة بن بدر الفزاري
People and things also explored
Sources
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p. 15-16
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri, p. 15
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islam.museum contributors. “يوم الهباءة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/day-of-habaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.