The Tragedy of Bi'r Ma'una
مأساة بئر معونة
c. July 625 CE · Safar 4 AH
In Safar 4 AH, seventy senior Muslim reciters (qurra') led by al-Mundhir ibn Amr were sent to Najd at the request of Abu Bara' Amir ibn Malik; they were ambushed and massacred at Bi'r Ma'una by Amir ibn al-Tufayl and allied Sulaym clans.
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
- Amir ibn al-TufaylAmr ibn Umayya al-DamriHaram ibn MilhanMuhammad
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Letters to Rulers and KingsThe plot of Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn QaysThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The Battle of UhudThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and AnsarThe burial of the ProphetThe change of the qiblaThe Constitution of Medina
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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islam.museum contributors. “The Tragedy of Bi'r Ma'una”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/incident-of-bir-mauna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.