Amr ibn al-Nu'man al-Bayadi

عمرو بن النعمان البياضي

Khazraj commander on the day of Bu'ath — though Ibn Hazm makes their chief that day al-Nu'man's father Ruhayla ibn Tha'laba al-Bayadi; he swore never to wash his head until he brought the Jews of Yathrib down to the dwellings of Qurayza and al-Nadir and killed their hostages, and when the hosts met 'Abdallah ibn Ubayy told him he would be carried off slain on four men's hands — he disobeyed, fell, and was borne in by four as foretold 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Amr ibn al-Nu'man al-Bayadi, the chief of the Khazraj on the day of Bu'ath, and he was killed in it. 2

He swore that he would not touch his head with a washing until the Jews of Yathrib had come down to the homes of Qurayza and al-Nadir and he had killed their hostages. When the two sides met, Abd Allah ibn Ubayy told him that he would be killed and four men would carry him. He disobeyed, was killed, and was brought in carried on four men. 2

Ibn Hazm says that the chief of the Khazraj that day was the father of al-Nu'man, Ruhayla ibn Tha'laba al-Bayadi. 2

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Member of
al-Khazraj
Participated in
The day of Bu'ath· the second Fijār — ʿAmr ibn al-Nuʿmān slaughters the Qurayẓa–Naḍīr hostages

People and things also explored

Medina· The day of Bu'ath· al-Khazraj· The War of Ka'b ibn Amr al-Mazini· The War of Samir· al-Aws· Banu Abd al-Ashhal· Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj

Sources

  1. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p. 229
  2. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.229
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Medina

City in the Hejaz to which the Prophet migrated in 622 CE; site of the Prophet's Mosque and the first Muslim community. The Prophet declared it a sanctuary as Abraham declared Mecca — its bounds 'between 'Ayr and Thawr' (or 'to Uhud' in the reading Abu 'Ubayd and al-Hazimi preferred) and 'between its two lava fields'; within them hunting and tree-cutting are forbidden and the bloodwit for unintended killing is heavier. Samhudi counts nearly ninety-five names for it, among them Tayba, Taba and Yathrib.