Bir Maona () also known as Bir Ma'una is a location in
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
. The
Expedition of Bir Maona
The Massacre of Bi'r Ma'una () was the killing of Muslim missionaries by the Mushrikites four months after the Battle of Uhud in 625 (4 AH).
It is believed the Islamic prophet Muhammad sent missionaries to preach Islam, at the request of Abu ...
took place here where 70 Muslim were killed.
[Mubarakpuri]
The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet
pp. 352. It used to be a well at the time
[Muḥammad ibn Ismāʻīl Bukhārī]
Sahih Bukhari
p. 975
Bir Maona is mentioned in the Sunni hadith collection
Sahih Bukhari
() is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an.
Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...
, as follows:
According to Mubarakpuri, Quran 3:169-173 is also related to the Bir Maona, and the verse was later
abrogated.
See also
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List of battles 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 ...
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Ubla mountains
References
Populated places in Mecca Province
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