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Marj al-Suffar

مرج الصُّفَّر

A place at Damascus, in the editors' marginal note; Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As was killed there in Abu Bakr's caliphate, according to Ibn Ishaq.

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Levant & Iraq
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Place of death of
Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As

People and things also explored

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibBanu Abd ShamsAban ibn Sa'id ibn al-AsAma bint Khalid ibn Sa'idAmina bint KhalfAmr ibn Sa'id ibn al-AsSa'id ibn al-As Abu UhayhaSa'id ibn Khalid ibn Sa'id

Sources

  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.