The Incident of al-Raji'
سرية الرجيع
c. July 625 CE · Safar 4 AH
In Safar 4 AH (July 625 CE), a party of ten Companions led by Asim ibn Thabit was sent as teachers following a deceptive request by the Adal and al-Qarah tribes; they were betrayed to Banu Lihyan at al-Raji', where seven were killed in combat and three taken captive.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Connections
- Had participant
- Asim ibn ThabitKhubayb ibn AdiSafwan ibn UmayyaQuraysh
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Battle of HunaynThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Expedition of al-QaradaThe Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')Last Quraysh delegation to Abu TalibThe plot at Dar al-NadwaThe proclamation on al-SafaThe prostration at surat al-Najm
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “The Incident of al-Raji'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/incident-of-al-raji/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.