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Habbar ibn Sufyan

هبار بن سفيان

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Ajnadayn

Of Banu Makhzum; he emigrated to Abyssinia and was killed at Ajnadayn in Abu Bakr's caliphate.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
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In time

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al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abu Dharr al-Ghifari · Abu Hurayra

In space

Ajnadayn

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Refugees, migrants and diaspora

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Of Banu Makhzum; he emigrated to Abyssinia and was killed at Ajnadayn in Abu Bakr's caliphate. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him first of three men of Banu Makhzum in "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", saying he was killed at Ajnadayn in the land of Syria in Abu Bakr's caliphate. 1

Tribe

He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Makhzum 1

Connections

Sibling of
Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi
Member of
Banu Makhzum
Died in
Ajnadayn
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-MakhzumiAmr ibn Sa'id ibn al-AsHisham ibn Abi HudhayfaSa'id ibn Amr al-TamimiZaynab bint Abi SalamaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)Aksum

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
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Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi

Of Banu Makhzum, brother of Habbar ibn Sufyan; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq says he was killed in the year of the Yarmuk, while expressing doubt about it.