Defense of the Prophet at Uhud
الدفاع عن رسول الله في أحد
23 March 625 CE · 7 Shawwal 3 AH
After the wheeling manoeuvre only nine men remained with the Prophet at the rear. Utba ibn Abi Waqqas threw stones at him; his lower right incisor was broken and his lip wounded. Abdullah ibn Qami'a struck his cheek with a sword so that two rings of the helmet sank into it. In the hardest moment Talha ibn Ubaydullah and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas stood with him and shielded him. Sa'd shot until his quiver was emptied; Talha fought like eleven men until his fingers were cut and he bore thirty-five or thirty-nine wounds. Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah pulled the two helmet rings from his cheek with his front teeth. Abu Dujana shielded him with his back from the arrows. Umm Umara Nusayba bint Ka'b defended him until she took twelve wounds {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p.267}.
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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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People and things also explored
The Battle of UhudThe Battle of BadrBurial of the Uhud martyrsMuslim withdrawal to the mountain pass at UhudQurayshMus'ab ibn UmayrBattle over the Quraysh standard at UhudMuslim deployment at Uhud and the archers' post
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
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