The army's halt at Ma'an and Ibn Rawaha's speech
توقف الجيش بمعان وخطبة ابن رواحة
c. September 629 CE · Jumada I 8 AH
The Mu'tah army camped at Ma'an in Syria; news reached them that Heraclius had encamped at Ma'ab in al-Balqa' with a hundred thousand Romans, joined by equal numbers from Lakhm, Judham, al-Qayn, Bahra' and Bali under Malik ibn Zaflah. When the men debated sending for reinforcements, Abd Allah ibn Rawaha urged them forward with a speech about the two good outcomes.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Part of
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- Occurred at
- Ma'an
- Had participant
- Abd Allah ibn Rawaha
People and things also explored
Dispatch of the Mu'tah armyMartyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitationMu'tahThe Battle of Mu'tahAbd Allah ibn RawahaThe Expedition of Dhat al-SalasilThe expedition of Usama ibn ZaydKhalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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