Banu Lahyan () were an
Arab pagan tribe during the time 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 ...
and were involved in several military conflicts with him. The first was in 625 during the
Expedition of Abdullah Ibn Unais, where Muhammad sent Abdullah ibn Unais to kill
Khaled bin Sufyan Al-Hathali, who was the chief of the tribe. Muhammad alleged that he was planning to attack Madinah and incite the people of Nakhla and Uranah to attack him. Therefore, he sent Abdullah ibn Unais to assassinate him in 625 during the Expedition of Abdullah Ibn Unais.
[Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, pp. 186–187.]
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This was followed by the
Invasion of Banu Lahyan in September 627
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when Muhammad ordered his followers to attack the Banu Lahyan tribe to get revenge for the killing of 10 Muslims in the Expedition of Al Raji[Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar, p. 205.]
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See also
* List of expeditions of Muhammad
References
Campaigns ordered by Muhammad
Lahyan
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