Martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation
استشهاد عبد الله بن رواحة بعد تردده
c. September 629 CE · Jumada I 8 AH
When Ja'far was killed, Ibn Rawaha took the standard and hesitated; he exhorted his soul in verse then dismounted. His cousin brought him a bone of meat; he bit from it, heard the battle roar and threw it down, advancing to fight until killed. The Prophet reported seeing Ibn Rawaha's throne in Paradise tilted slightly relative to the thrones of Zayd and Ja'far because he had hesitated.
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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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- Part of
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- Occurred at
- Mu'tah
- Had participant
- Abd Allah ibn Rawaha
People and things also explored
The Battle of Mu'tahAbd Allah ibn RawahaMu'tahDispatch of the Mu'tah armyThe army's halt at Ma'an and Ibn Rawaha's speechKhalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawalMartyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horseMartyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commander
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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