Wahb ibn ʿUmayr () was a
companion
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Relationships Currently
* Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance
* A domestic partner, akin to a spouse
* Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach
* Companion (caregiving), a caregive ...
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 ...
and the son of
Umayr ibn Wahb. He witnessed the
conquest of Egypt. Wahb ibn Umayr was the leader of the Battle of
Amuriyah in 23 AH (644). He died as a
Mujahid
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' (), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' (), an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in ''jihad'' (), interpreted in a jurisprudence of Islam as the fight on behalf of God, religion or the commun ...
while in
Sham
Sham may refer to:
Arabic use
* Al-Sham or Shām (شام), the Arabic term for the Greater Syria region, known in English as the Levant or the eastern Mediterranean, which includes the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus ...
.
See also
*
Umayr ibn Wahb, father
*
Family tree of Wahb ibn Umayr
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20050403165802/http://www.a2youth.com/islam/articles/sahabah/sahabah54.html
Companions of the Prophet
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