Banu Tha'labah was a tribe during the Islamic prophet

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'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

Qays Qays ʿAylān (), often referred to simply as Qays (''Kais'' or ''Ḳays'') were an Arab tribal confederation that branched from the Mudar group. The tribe may not have functioned as a unit in pre-Islamic Arabia (before 630). However, by the ea ...

(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 Ismailites from whom

Adnan Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia ...

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

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. They descended from Tha'labah ibn Yarbu ibn Hanzala ibn Malik ibn Zayd Manat ibn Tamim ibn Murr ibn 'Id ibn Tabikhah (Amr) ibn Ilyas ibn

Mudar The Mudar () was a principal grouping of the northern Arab tribes. History The Mudar and Rabi'a are recorded in central Arabia in the Arabic histories of the pre-Islamic period; the kings of the Kindah bore the title of "king of the Ma'add ( ...

ibn Nizar ibn

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Conflict with Muhammad

The first conflict they were involved in was the Invasion of Thi Amr. Muhammad ordered a military raid against the Banu Muharib 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, 627 AD 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, 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

{{Reflist Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad

Origin and etymology

Conflict with Muhammad

During Abu Bakr's era

See also

References