Mahja' ibn Salih

مهجع بن صالح

624 CE · 2 AH

Badr

A Companion, mawla of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him), from Yemen or from Akk; he witnessed Badr and was the first Muslim killed between the two ranks, struck by a stray arrow.

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550575600625650675700 c. c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abbad ibn Hunayf · al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Masih ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham

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Badr

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Summary

Mihja' ibn Salih, mawla of Umar ibn al-Khattab, from Yemen or from Akk. He witnessed Badr and was the first Muslim killed between the two ranks, struck by a stray arrow; Umar freed him.

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Badr
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The Companions
Participated in
The Battle of Badr

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Dhu al-Shamalayn· Khunais ibn Hudhaifa· Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh· Mu'awwaz ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh· Mu'awwidh ibn Afra· Mubashshir ibn Abd al-Mundhir· Qatada ibn al-Nu'man al-Zafari· Rafi ibn al-Mala

Sources

  1. al-Isti'ab — Ibn Abd al-Barr , p.703
  • al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Matba'at al-Sa'ada)
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Dhu al-Shamalayn

A Companion known as Dhu al-Shamalayn; he was martyred at Badr, and the Prophet is said to have paired him with Yazid ibn al-Harith Ibn Fasham (al-Isaba p. 1586).