Abd Allah ibn Rawahah ibn Tha'laba (), was one of the companions of the Islamic

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who was killed in the Battle of Mut'ah.

Biography

Ibn Rawaha was from the Arabian tribe of

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on sunnipath.com At a time when writing was not a common skill, he was a scribe and a poet.
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. Also he was among the 73 that pledged allegiance to Muhammad in Medina. He is said to have been alert to the supposed plots of

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. And among the verses that are quite famous are:

"O Soul, if you had not been killed (on the battlefield), you would have died too."

Military expeditions and death

He led his own expedition known as the

Expedition of Abdullah ibn Rawaha Expedition of Abdullah ibn Rawaha to Khyber, took place in February 628 AD. Ibn Hisham also refers to this as Abdullah b. Rawaha's raid to kill al-Yusayr b. Rizam. The assassination was successful, and ibn Rizam was kil ...

, where he was sent to assassinate Al-Yusayr ibn Rizam. Abdullah ibn Rawaha was third in command during the Battle of Mut'ah and was subsequently killed during the battle. Muhammad at that time was in Medina with his friends, he reported about the death of three noble warlords. He ﷺ said, "The war banner was held by Zaid ibn Haritsa, he fought while carrying the banner until he died as a martyr. Then the banner was taken over by Ja'far, and he also fought to defend the banner until he died as a martyr too." He was silent for a moment, then continued his words, "Then Abdullah bin Rawahah took the war banner and he fought carrying that banner, until finally he died as a martyr too." Then Muhammad ﷺ was silent for a moment, while his eyes radiated the light of joy, and said, "The three of them were raised to my place, to Heaven." Abdullah bin Rawahah was killed by a spear thrust by the enemy troops, with blood flowing, he advanced to attack the enemy troops until his last breath in 629 AD. The leadership of the troops was then taken over by

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who then saved the entire army from retreating back to Medina.

References

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Biography

Military expeditions and death

See also

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