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Mirdas ibn Nahik

مرداس بن نهيك

c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH

An ally of Banu Murra from al-Huraqa of Juhayna; killed by Usama ibn Zayd (may God be pleased with him) and an Ansari in Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on Banu Murra after saying 'I testify there is no god but God', for which the Prophet ﷺ rebuked Usama.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abdullah ibn Ubayy

Overview

A man of the Huraqa of Juhayna, an ally of the Banu Murra. Ibn Ishaq's account says nothing of him except that he was killed in the raid of Ghalib ibn Abdallah on the land of the Banu Murra. 1 Usama ibn Zayd and a man of the Ansar overtook him. When they drew their swords on him he said: "I bear witness that there is no god but God", and they killed him. The Prophet disapproved of this and asked Usama: "Who will vouch for you with 'there is no god but God'?" 1

Notes on the report

  • The attribution of his lineage to the Huraqa of Juhayna is given by Ibn Hisham from Abu Ubayda, and the editors point to disorder in the wording in some copies. 1

Connections

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Member of
Juhayna
Allied with
Banu Murra
Participated in
Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on the land of Banu Murra and the killing of Mirdas ibn Nahik

People and things also explored

Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on the land of Banu Murra and the killing of Mirdas ibn Nahik· Banu Murra· Juhayna· Ghatafan· Qudaʾa· Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi· Muhammad· Usama ibn Zayd

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/271
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Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on the land of Banu Murra and the killing of Mirdas ibn Nahik

Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Kalbi al-Laythi's detachment to the land of Banu Murra; Mirdas ibn Nahik, an ally of theirs from al-Huraqa of Juhayna, was killed there by Usama ibn Zayd and a man of the Ansar after he had said 'I testify there is no god but God'. When they told the Prophet, he said to Usama: 'Who will answer for la ilaha illa Allah on your behalf?' and kept repeating it until Usama wished his Islam had begun that very day and that he had not killed him, and vowed never again to kill a man who said it.