Sariyya of Ali ibn Abi Talib to al-Fils

سرية علي بن أبي طالب إلى الفلس

Late in year nine the Prophet ﷺ sent Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) with 150 Ansar — no Emigrant among them — and fifty horses and camels to demolish al-Fils and raid it, Ali carrying a black banner and white standard. The chapter reports the demolition and the mosque the Prophet had built there in year two, and Ali's dispatching an Arab to propose to one of his paternal aunts' daughters.

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«بعث رسول الله علي بن أبي طالب إلى الفلس ليهدمه، في مائة وخمسين من الأنصار، ليس فيها مهاجر واحد»

A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources

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Mentions: Ali ibn Abi Talib· Muhammad· Ali's expedition to Fals to destroy the idol of Tayy

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Ali's expedition to Fals to destroy the idol of Tayy· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina· The three years of the secret call· Ali's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'· Ali ibn Abi Talib's expeditions to Yemen (twice)· Ali's judgment on three men who lay with one woman in one purity· Ali is left in charge of the Prophet's family· Ali sent to Banu Jadhima to correct Khalid's error

Sources

Kitab al-Maghazi by al-Waqidi — al-Maktaba al-Shamila digital text of the Marsden Jones edition (Oxford 1966)

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islam.museum contributors. “Sariyya of Ali ibn Abi Talib to al-Fils”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/waqidi-maghazi-ali-filas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.

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