At a glance
«فدخل على ابنته فاطمة وهي تقول: وا عماه! فقال: على مثل جعفر فلتبك الباكية»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Buyut al-Amina (Safe Homes)· The custody of Hamza's daughter· Dispatch of the Mu'tah army· Mu'tah· The Prophet's grief over Ja'far and his instruction to feed his family· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu Hashim· The Companions
Sources
- Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Battle of Mu'ta — the martyrdom of Zayd, Ja'far and Ibn Rawaha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/waqidi-maghazi-muta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · Help complete it · JSON