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Shakar

شَكَر

Yemen

A mountain of the people of Jurash in Yemen where Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi (may God be pleased with him) turned on his pursuers and slaughtered them; the people of Jurash called it Kashr, and the Prophet ﷺ told their two envoys it was Shakar, not Kashr, announcing at the hour of the battle that God's sacrificial camels were being slaughtered there.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Overview

Shakar is a mountain belonging to the people of Jarash. At it Surad ibn Abd Allah turned upon those among them who sought him, and killed them severely. 1

Its name

After the afternoon prayer, the Prophet asked the two envoys of Jarash: In which of God's lands is Shukr? They said: In our land there is a mountain called Kashr, and the people of Jarash call it that too. He said: It is not Kashr, but Shukr. He also said that the sacrificial camels (budn) of God were being slaughtered there at that very moment. The two envoys found that their people had been struck on the very day and hour he had mentioned. See The campaign of Surad against Jarash. 1

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Site of
Surad ibn Abdullah's campaign against Jurash and the conversion of its people
Located in
Yemen

People and things also explored

Jurash· Christianity in Arabia before Islam· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· The Second Abyssinian Occupation of Yemen· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· Ali's judgment on the men who fell into a lion pit in Yemen· Ali's judgment on three men who lay with one woman in one purity· Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/234
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islam.museum contributors. “Shakar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/shakar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Jurash

A town in Yemen; its people and those of Tabala accepted Islam without fighting, so the Prophet confirmed them on what they had embraced, set a dinar on every hālim of the People of the Book there, stipulated hospitality for the Muslims, and appointed Abu Sufyan ibn Harb over Jurash.