Banu Fazara

بنو فزارة

A tribe of Ghatafan; Zayd ibn Haritha (may God be pleased with him) met them at Wadi al-Qura, some of his men were struck and he was carried off wounded, and he swore not to wash from major impurity until he had raided them; the Prophet ﷺ sent him back and he slaughtered them at Wadi al-Qura, where Umm Qirfa Fatima bint Rabi'a ibn Badr was killed.

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A tribe of Ghatafan, whose leaders were Banu Badr. Ibn Ishaq mentions them in the expedition of Zayd ibn Haritha: Zayd met them at Wadi al-Qura, some of his companions were struck and he was carried away wounded. He swore not to wash from a state of major impurity until he had raided them, so the Prophet sent him against them, and he killed them at Wadi al-Qura. Umm Qirfa and Masada ibn Hakama were killed. 1 2 Among Fazara was Uyayna ibn Hisn, whom Ibn Ishaq mentions in other delegations and expeditions. 3

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Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari· Umm Qirfa, Fatima bint Rabi'a ibn Badr al-Fazariyya
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Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa

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Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa· Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari· Umm Qirfa, Fatima bint Rabi'a ibn Badr al-Fazariyya· Muhammad· Qays ibn al-Musahhar al-Ya'muri· Salama ibn al-Akwa'· Zayd ibn Haritha· Wadi al-Qura

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/265
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/266
  3. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/269
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Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa

Zayd ibn Haritha raided Wadi al-Qura and met Banu Fazara; some of his men were hit, he was carried off wounded from among the dead, and Ward ibn Amr ibn Madash was killed, so Zayd swore no water would touch his head from major impurity until he raided Fazara. When he recovered the Prophet sent him with an army; he slaughtered them at Wadi al-Qura, Qays ibn al-Musahhar al-Ya'muri killed Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr, and Umm Qirfa, Fatima bint Rabi'a ibn Badr, an old woman married to Malik ibn Hudhayfa, was captured with a daughter and Abdullah ibn Mas'ada. Zayd ordered Qays to kill Umm Qirfa, 'and he killed her violently', and they brought her daughter and Ibn Mas'ada to the Prophet; the daughter fell to Salama ibn al-Akwa', the Prophet asked for her and gave her to his maternal uncle Hazn ibn Abi Wahb. The episode is contested and carries perspectives.