The Incident of the Poisoned Sheep at Khaybar
حادثة الشاة المسمومة بخيبر
c. June 628 CE · Safar 7 AH
Following the conquest of Khaybar, Zaynab bint al-Harith (wife of Sallam ibn Mishkam) sent the Prophet a roasted sheep heavily laced with poison; upon chewing a morsel, the Prophet spat it out stating that the bone informed him it was poisoned, while Bishr ibn al-Bara' swallowed a bite and died.
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
- Bishr ibn al-Bara'Muhammad
- Occurred at
- Khaybar
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Caused by
- The Conquest of Khaybar
People and things also explored
The Conquest of KhaybarThe Treaty of HudaybiyyaThe three years of the secret callThe death of the ProphetThe pause of revelation (Fatra)The first revelationThe Isra and Mi'rajThe Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana
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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