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Aws
Commanders: Hudayr ibn al-Simmak al-Ashhali
Khazraj
Summary
The Day of al-Ghars was one of the days of the Ansar. Abu Qays ibn al-Aslat told al-Aws that he had never led a people without their being defeated, so they should choose for themselves whomever they wished. They appointed Hudayr al-Kata'ib ibn al-Simak, father of Usayd ibn Hudayr (may God be pleased with him), and the victory that day went to al-Aws. Then they agreed to tally the dead. Al-Aws were three men ahead in the count, so al-Khazraj handed over three boys as pledges against the blood-money. Al-Aws then broke faith and killed them, and that was the spark of the First Fijar. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Had participant
- Hudayr ibn al-Simmak al-Ashhali· Abu Qays ibn Sayfi ibn al-Aslat
People and things also explored
the first Fijār of the Anṣār — the murdered hostages at the gardens· Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 506
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islam.museum contributors. “the day of al-Ghars — Ḥuḍayr given command, victory to the Aws, the three-man blood-price”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/yawm-al-ghars/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.