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ʿUbayda ibn al-Ḥārith () () was a relative and companion of the Islamic prophet
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 is known for commanding the expedition in which Islam’s first arrow was shot and for being the first Muslim to be martyred in battle and third ever in Islam.


Family

Ubaydah was the son of al-Harith ibn
Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf Al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf (, ''al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf'') was the grandfather of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a sahabi of Muhammad. He was also the ancestor of Imam Shafi. History His father was Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. Al-Muttalib was the younger ...
ibn Qusayy,Muhammad ibn Ishaq, ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.Abdullah and of his brothers Abu Talib and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. If He is son of al-Harith ibn
Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf Al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf (, ''al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf'') was the grandfather of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a sahabi of Muhammad. He was also the ancestor of Imam Shafi. History His father was Abd Manaf ibn Qusai. Al-Muttalib was the younger ...
ibn Qusayy, then he can not be the first cousin of Muhammad instead in that case he will be a Uncle of Muhammad and first cousion of Muhammad’s father Abdullah and of his brothers Abu Talib and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib. However if he is son of Muhammad's uncle al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib as indicating by His mother, Sukhayla bint Khuza'i ibn Huwayrith ibn al-Harith ibn Khaythama ibn al-Harith ibn Malik ibn Jusham ibn Thaqif, was from the Thaqif tribe and a wife of al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib. In that case he shall be considered as Muhammad's first cousion. He had two full brothers, al-Tufayl and al-Husayn, who were more than twenty years younger than himself. By various concubines, he was the father of nine children: Muawiya, Awn, Munqidh, al-Harith, Ibrahim, Rabta, Khadija, Suhaykhla, and Safiya.Zaynab bint Khuzayma. Ubaydah's appearance is described as "medium, swarthy, with a handsome face."Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...
before Muhammad entered the house of al-Arqam in 614.Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
 at the invitation of
Abu Bakr Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...
. In 622, Ubaydah and his brothers, together with their young cousin Mistah ibn Uthatha, joined the general
emigration Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...
to
Medina Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...
. until Muhammad allotted them some land in Medina. Muhammad gave Ubaydah two brothers in Islam: Abu Bakr's freedman Bilal ibn Rabah and an ''ansar'' named Umayr ibn Al-Humam.Hamza The hamza ( ') () is an Arabic script character that, in the Arabic alphabet, denotes a glottal stop and, in non-Arabic languages, indicates a diphthong, vowel, or other features, depending on the language. Derived from the letter '' ʿayn'' ( ...
 was the first.Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya (; ), commonly known by his ' Abu Sufiyan (), was a prominent opponent-turned companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the father of the first Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I () and namesake of the S ...
 and 200 armed riders.Haykal, M. H. (1935). Translated by al-Faruqi, I. R. A. (1976). ''The Life of Muhammad'', p. 256. Chicago: North American Trust Publications.Mubarakpuri, S. R. (1979). ''Ar-Raheeq Al-Maktum'' (''The Sealed Nectar''), p. 92. Riyadh: Darussalem Publishers.Note: Book contains a list of battles of Muhammad in Arabic, English translation availabl
here
/ref> The Muslim party travelled as far as the wells at Thanyat al-Murra, where
Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri () was an Arab Muslim commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the ...
shot an arrow at the Quraysh, said to be the first arrow shot in Islam. Despite this surprise attack, "they did not unsheathe a sword or approach one another," and the Muslims returned empty-handed.


Death

Ubaydah was killed in the
battle of Badr The Battle of Badr or sometimes called The Raid of Badr ( ; ''Ghazwahu Badr''), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ; ''Yawm al-Furqan'') in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the pre ...
in 624 in triple combat against
Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah Shaybah ibn Rabīʿah (Arabic: شيبة بن ربيعة) () was the brother of Utbah ibn Rabi'ah belonging to the clan of Banu Abd Shams (parent clan of Banu Umayyah) from the tribe of Quraysh of Mecca. He was also a champion of the Meccan army s ...
, who cut off his leg. Although he was the first Muslim to be struck down at Badr, he survived his injury for several hours, so the first Muslims who actually died in the battle were Umar’s freedman Mihja’ and Haritha ibn Suraqa. It is alleged that Ubaydah composed poetry while he was dying:
''You may cut off my leg, yet I am a Muslim.'' ''I hope in exchange for a life near to Allah,'' ''with ''Houris'' fashioned like the most beautiful statues,'' ''with the highest heaven for those who mount there...''
He died at al-Safra, a day's march from Badr, and was buried there.Family tree of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith *
Sahaba The Companions of the Prophet () were the Muslim disciples and followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime. The companions played a major role in Muslim battles, society, hadith narration, and governance ...
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List of expeditions of Muhammad __NOTOC__ 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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Shahid ''Shahid'' ( ,   ,   ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acq ...


External links


abudawud Book 14, Number 2659


References

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