Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari

مسعدة بن حكمة بن مالك بن حذيفة بن بدر الفزاري

Of the Banu Badr of Fazara; Qays ibn al-Musahhar al-Ya'muri killed him in Zayd ibn Haritha (may God be pleased with him)'s second raid on Fazara at Wadi al-Qura, and his son Abdullah ibn Mas'ada was captured and brought to the Prophet ﷺ; Qays composed verses on killing him.

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Mas'ada ibn Hakama ibn Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr, of the Banu Badr, lords of Fazara. Qays ibn al-Musakhkhar al-Ya'muri killed him in the second raid of Zayd ibn Haritha on the Banu Fazara in the Wadi al-Qura, and Qays composed verses on his killing, in which he recalls his overpowering of the son of Badr and his flight. 1 2 His son Abdallah ibn Mas'ada was taken captive and brought to the Prophet with the daughter of Umm Qirfa. 2

Notes on the report

  • Ibn Ishaq gives his lineage in full, and does not say what became of his son after his arrival. 2

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Member of
Banu Fazara
Participated in
Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa

People and things also explored

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

An aged woman of Banu Fazara from a noble house, wife of Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr; the Arabs said that no one could be mightier than Umm Qirfa. She was captured in Zayd ibn Haritha's second raid on Fazara at Wadi al-Qura and Zayd ordered Qays ibn al-Musahhar to kill her, which he did violently; her daughter was captured and the Prophet gave her to his maternal uncle Hazn ibn Abi Wahb.