Banu Tha'labah was a tribe during the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

's era. They were involved in many military conflicts with Muhammad.

Origin and etymology

The Banu Tha'labah, who were

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is, were adherents of

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who fought Muhammad. They were descended from Tha'labah ibn Dhubyān ibn Baghīd ibn Rayth ibn Ghaṭafān ibn Saʾd ibn

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(ibn?) ʿAylān ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan. This tribe belonged to the Adnanite Arabs (who came from Adnan), who in turn belonged to the '' Tha'labah'' tribal group, whose (the latter's) members are called "Thalabis". They come (as does the name "Tha'labah") from their traditional eponymous ancestor ultimately, Tha'labah, the ancestor of a clan of

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from whom

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descended. This Banu Tha'labah should not be confused with another tribe of the same name but whose members were Muhajirun. They descended from Tha'labah ibn Yarbu ibn

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ibn Malik ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim ibn Murr ibn 'Id ibn Tabikhah (Amr) ibn Ilyas ibn

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ibn Nizar ibn

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Conflict with Muhammad

The first conflict they were involved in was the

Invasion of Thi Amr The raid on Amarr ( ar, غزوة ذي أمر), also known as the Raid on Ghatafan, occurred directly after the Invasion of Sawiq in the year A.H. 3 of the Islamic calendar, March 624. The expedition was ordered by Muhammad after he received intel ...

. Muhammad ordered a military raid against the

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and Banu Talabah tribes after he received intelligence that they were allegedly going to raid the outskirts of

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. This was followed by the

First Raid on Banu Thalabah According to Muslim traditional lore, the First Raid on Banu Thalabah took place in August, 627AD in 4th month of, 6AH of the Islamic Calendar, under the leadership of Muhammad ibn MaslamahNote: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arab ...

in August 627. Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl
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Muhammad ordered an attack on the Banu Thalabah tribe, because he suspected they would be tempted to steal his camels, during this raid 9 Muslims were killed.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 205.

In the same month he ordered the Second Raid on Banu Thalabah. He ordered his men to attack the Banu Thalabah tribe, as revenge for the 1st failed raid on them in which 9 Muslims died. The Last military campaign he ordered against them was the

Third Raid on Banu Thalabah Third Raid on Banu Thalabah took place in September, 627AD, 6th month of 6AH of the Islamic calendarNote: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl/ref> In Jumada Ath-Thania, Zaid as the commander of 15 ...

, in which he told his men to raid Banu Thalabah and capture their camels as

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.Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 206.
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During Abu Bakr's era

After the

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against Muslim apostates and after the tribes converted back to Islam (Tabari describes it as entering "once again the gate by which they had gone out") the Banu Tha'labah came to settle in

and asked Abu Bakr "why have we been kept camping from our country" and he replied "you lie, it is no land of yours". However he provided the Banu Tha'labah with the al-Rabadhah land for pasturing purposes.Ṭabarī
The History of al-Tabari Vol. 10: The Conquest of Arabia: The Riddah Wars A ...
p. 51

References

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Origin and etymology

Conflict with Muhammad

During Abu Bakr's era

See also

References