Abdullah ibn Atik was a
companion of
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
. He participated in the
Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik
The Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik () also known as the Assassination of Abu Rafi' ibn Abi Al-Huqaiq (), took place in March, AD 627. Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl/ref>
Background
Sal ...
where he successfully assassinated
Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
Salām bin Abī 'l-Huqayq or Abu Rafi () was a Jewish poet of early 7th century Arabia who financed and assisted the Pagan tribes who were fighting Muhammad and his followers, the muslims.
He was killed in the Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik ...
.
[Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl]
here
/ref>[Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 204.]
Where he led a group of men from the Banu Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj () is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian Qahtanite tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia as a result of the destruction of the Marib ...
tribe.
He was killed in the Battle of Yamama
The Battle of Yamama was fought in December 632 as part of the Ridda Wars against a rebellion within the Rashidun Caliphate in the region of al-Yamama (in present-day Saudi Arabia, South of Riyadh City) between the forces of Abu Bakr and Musay ...
.[Muḥammad Riḍā]
Abu Baker Al-Sedeeq: The First Calipha
p.65, Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah, 1999,
Abu Rafi's assassination at the hands of Abdullah ibn Atik is mentioned in many Sunni Hadith
Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...
:
Abu Rafi's assassination is mentioned in: , , and many more.
See also
*List of expeditions of Muhammad
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The list of expeditions of Muhammad includes the expeditions undertaken by the Muslim community during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Some sources use the word ''ghazwa'' and a related plural ''maghazi'' in a narrow techn ...
References
Companions of the Prophet
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