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Thabit ibn Aqram

ثابت بن أقرم

c. 633 CE · c. 11 AH

Companion from the Ansar, of Banu al-Majlan. After the three commanders fell at Mu'tah he picked up the standard and then refused command, proposing Khalid ibn al-Walid. Killed in the Ridda wars.

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abu Bakr al-Siddiq · Abu Dharr al-Ghifari

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition
  • Witness · c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH† – c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

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Connections

Member of
The Ansar
Participated in
The Battle of Mu'tahKhalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal

People and things also explored

Abbad ibn QaysAbd Allah ibn Rawahaal-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn UsafKhalid ibn al-WalidSuraqa ibn Amr ibn AtiyyaZayd ibn ArqamMu'tahThe Battle of Mu'tah

Sources

  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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Abbad ibn Qays

Companion from the Ansar, of Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj; martyred at Mu'tah alongside Abd Allah ibn Rawaha.