Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami

An Arab commander from Judham, serving the Romans over Ma'an. He embraced Islam after Mu'ta, and when the Romans gave him the choice between apostasy and death, he chose death and was crucified at Afra' ¹.

Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami was an Arab commander among the Roman commanders, and their agent over the Arabs around him. His residence was Ma'an and the lands of Syria around it ². He embraced Islam after seeing the steadfastness, courage and sincere readiness of the Muslims to meet the enemy at the battle of Mu'ta in 8 AH ^{2 3}. He sent a messenger to the Prophet announcing his Islam, and gave him a white mule ². When the Romans learned of his Islam, they seized and imprisoned him, then gave him the choice between apostasy and death. He chose death, so they crucified him in Palestine at a water called Afra' and beheaded him ⁴.

Ibn Ishaq traces his lineage as Farwa ibn Amr ibn al-Nafira al-Judhami, then al-Nafathi. He sent a messenger to the Prophet announcing his Islam and gave him a white mule. He was an agent of the Romans over the Arabs near them, with his residence at Ma'an and the lands of Syria around it ^{5 6}. When the Romans learned of his Islam, they sought him until they seized and imprisoned him, and he composed verses in his prison. They then agreed to crucify him at a water called Afra' in Palestine, and he said two verses there. Al-Zuhri claimed that when he was brought forward to be killed, he said a verse conveying to the leading men of the Muslims that he had submitted to his Lord. Then they beheaded him and crucified him; see his verses ⁶.