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Overview
A report that Ibn Hisham relates, not Ibn Ishaq: "some people of knowledge told me, from one who told him, from Muhammad ibn Talha, from Uthman ibn Abd al-Rahman." 1
Yasar and the milch camels
In the raid on Muharib and Banu Tha'laba the Prophet took a slave called Yasar, and he put him to tend his milch camels that grazed on the side of al-Jama'. 1 Some men of the Qays, a tribe of Bajila, came to the Prophet and fell ill with the epidemic, and their spleens swelled. The Prophet said to them: if you went out to the milch camels and drank from their milk and urine, you would be well. They went out to them. 1
Killing and punishment
When they recovered and their bellies were calm, they attacked the Prophet's herdsman Yasar, slaughtered him, drove in thorns into his eyes, and seized the milch camels. 1 The Prophet sent Kurz ibn Jabir after them, and he caught up with them, and brought them to the Prophet on his return from the expedition of Dhu Qarad; he cut off their hands and feet and blinded their eyes, that is, put out their eyes. 1
In the museum
The report is read under three headings: prophetic medicine (camels' milk and urine for a disease of the spleen), the ruling on the apostate who wages war, and the limits of bodily punishment. The museum sets out the act and the punishment as they are related and refers the judgement to those who hold it. The report is placed in the first review tier for the blinding. 1
Marks of the report
Opinions on the question
The question: How is the punishment of Yasar's killers, amputation and blinding, to be read?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame) · Sunni: Ibn HishamMain reference
More opinions (2)
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame) · Sunni: the juristsMain reference
Researchers viewOther opinion
Connections
- Had participant
- Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri· Yasar, herdsman of the Prophet's milch-camels· Bajila· Muhammad
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Caused by
- The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
People and things also explored
The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)· The expedition of Usama ibn Zayd· The expedition to Tabuk· The dosing of the Prophet during his illness· Alqama ibn Mujazziz's expedition to the Jeddah coast· Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim· The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)· The Battle of Uhud
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/290
- Sahih al-Bukhari
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Kurz ibn Jabir's detachment against the men of Bajila who killed Yasar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/sariyya-of-kurz-ibn-jabir-against-the-killers-of-yasar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.