the day of al-Rabīʿ — the Aws driven to their doors, al-Najjār refusing peace

يوم الربيع — انهزام الأوس إلى دورهم

c. 610 CE

After the day of the Bridge the Anṣār met at al-Rabīʿ, a garden on the hillside, and fought until they nearly annihilated each other; the Aws broke to their houses and the Khazraj followed to the doors — breaking the custom that pursuit stops at the walls. When the Aws sued for peace Banū'l-Najjār refused it, so the Aws put women and children in the strongholds before the Khazraj desisted. Ṣakhr ibn Sulaymān and Suwayd ibn al-Ṣāmit traded boasts over the day ¹.

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In time

Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era

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Aws

Khazraj

Summary

The Day of al-Rabi was one of the days of al-Aws and al-Khazraj, after the Day of al-Jisr. They met at a wall at al-Sifh and fought until some of them nearly destroyed the others. Al-Aws were routed, and al-Khazraj pursued them all the way to their homes, contrary to the custom between them. Al-Aws asked for peace, but the Banu al-Najjar refused to answer them. They fortified their women and children in the strongholds, and then al-Khazraj held back from them. ¹

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Occurred at: Medina
Had participant: Suwayd ibn al-Samit

People and things also explored

Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 504

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islam.museum contributors. “the day of al-Rabīʿ — the Aws driven to their doors, al-Najjār refusing peace”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yawm-al-rabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Mosque of the Two Qiblas

The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.