Expedition of Zayd ibn Harithah (Hisma)

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Expedition of Zayd ibn Harithah (Hisma)
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Location of the Ḥismā region (shaded red) in Northwest Arabia
DateOctober 628 in 6th month, 7AH
Location
Hisma (ar)
Result

As follows:

  • Successful raid, 1000 camels, 5000 cattle and a 100 tribe members captured
  • Al-Hunayd ibn Arid (enemy commander) and his son killed [1]
Commanders and leaders
Zayd ibn Haritha Al-Hunayd ibn Arid 
Strength
500 [1] Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Many killed, including chief 100 captured [1]

Expedition of Zayd ibn Harithah in Hisma took place in October, 628, 6th month of 7AH of the Islamic calendar. [2] [3] The attack led by Zayd ibn Harithah was a response to Dihyah bin Khalifa Kalbi's call for help, after being attacked by robbers. Muslims retaliated and killed many of the robbers and captured 100 tribe members [1]

Contents

Background

Envoys sent to invite people to Islam

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Purported letter sent by Muhammad to Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium.
Purported letter of the Prophet Muhammed to Munzir ibn Sawa Al-Tamimi. Muhammad Bahrain letter facsimile.png
Purported letter of the Prophet Muhammed to Munzir ibn Sawa Al-Tamimi.

After the signing the Hudaibiya Treaty with the Quraysh in Mecca, Muhammad sent several envoys in a few neighboring countries, inviting them to Islam. [1] The following were sent:

One envoy attacked by bandits

He sent Dhiyah bin Khalifah al-Kalbi to the king of Basra, who would in turn send it to Caesar (Heraclius).

In his epistle to Heraclius, the Roman emperor, Muhammad wrote:

"In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of all Mercy

From Muhammad, son of Abdullah to Heraclius the Leader of the Romans:

Peace be upon he who follows the guidance.

Furthermore, I invite you with the invitation of peace. If you submit then you will find safety and God will double your reward. If you turn away, you will bear the peasants sins.

"O People of the Scripture! Come to a common word between us and you: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside God. And if they turn away, then say: Bear witness that we are they who have surrendered (unto Him).

— Quran, Chapter: Aal Imran “The House of Joachim” 3:64”

When, after finishing his trip, Dhiyah was returning to Medina ; a group of bandit belonging to Banu Judham looted him of everything he had, when he reached Hisma, a place on the way to Syria and west of Tabuk. [1] [10]

Muslim response

Dhiyah approached the Banu Dubayb (a tribe which converted to Islam and had good relations with Muslims) for help. When the news reached Muhammad, he immediately dispatched Zayd ibn Haritha with 500 men to punish them. The Muslim army fought with Banu Judham, killed several of them (inflicting heavy casualties), including their chief, Al-Hunayd ibn Arid and his son, and captured 1000 camels, 5000 of their cattle and a 100 women and boys. The new chief of the Banu Judham who had embraced Islam appealed to Muhammad to release his fellow tribesmen, and Muhammad released them. [1] [10]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The Sealed Nectar, Darussalam Publications, p. 226, ISBN   9798694145923 [ permanent dead link ] (online)
  2. Abū Khalīl, Shawqī (2003). Atlas of the Quran. Dar-us-Salam. p. 242. ISBN   978-9960-897-54-7.
  3. Hawarey, Mosab (2010). The Journey of Prophecy; Days of Peace and War (Arabic). Islamic Book Trust. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation available here
  4. Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 221
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Akbar Shāh Ḵẖān Najībābādī, History of Islam, Volume 1, p. 194. Quote: "Again, the Holy Prophet «P sent Dihyah bin Khalifa Kalbi to the Roman Emperor Heraclius, Hatib bin Abi Baltaeh to the king of Egypt and Alexandria; Allabn Al-Hazermi to Munzer bin Sawa the king of Bahrain; Amer bin Aas to the king of Oman. Salit bin Amri to Hozah bin Ali— the king of Yamama; Shiya bin Wahab to Haris bin Ghasanni to the king of Damascus"
  6. Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 222
  7. Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 226
  8. 1 2 3 Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 227
  9. Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 224
  10. 1 2 Watt, W. Montgomery (1956). Muhammad at Medina. Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN   978-0-19-577307-1. Dihyah b. Khalifah al-Kalbi, who had gone to Syria on an errand for Muhammad, was returning to Medina with gifts, when he was robbed by a man of Judham called al-Hunayd. Another clan of Judham, however, or some men from anothertribe, forced al-Hunayd to give the things back. Meanwhile a leader of Judham, Rifa'ah b. Zayd, had been in Medina, had brought back to the tribe Muhammad's terms for an alliance, and the tribe had accepted. Muhammad had not been informed of this decision, however, and sent out Zayd b. Harithah to avenge the insult to his messenger. There was a skirmish in which the Muslims killed al-Hunayd and captured a number of women and animals. (free online)

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