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مالك بن العجلان

مالك بن العجلان

Medina

Malik ibn al-Ajlan al-Khazraji: when his sister confessed she must enter al-Fityawn's chamber before her bridegroom's, he killed the Jewish tyrant and fled to Syria — the act that set Abu Jubayla's purge in motion and ended Jewish supremacy at Yathrib 1.

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Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia
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In space

Medina

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Overview

Malik ibn al-Ajlan al-Salimi al-Khazraji, of the Khazraj, who lived in Yathrib before Islam. 2

The killing of al-Futayyun

Ibn al-Athir relates that when his sister was given in marriage, she told him that she would go in to al-Futayyun the Jew before her husband. Malik went in to him and killed him, and then fled to Syria. 2

His legacy

Abu Jubayla al-Khazraji sought refuge with him, and swore that he would not touch perfume until he had humbled the Jews of Yathrib. Ibn al-Athir counts the killing of al-Futayyun as the first victory of the Ansar over Medina. 2

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Member of
al-Khazraj
Lived in
Medina
Participated in
the killing of the Jewish tyrant al-Fiṭyūn by Mālik ibn al-ʿAjlān· The Ansar's triumph over Medina and the killing of al-Fityawn

People and things also explored

Medina· The day of Bu'ath· Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj· Banu al-Najjar· Banu Bayada· Banu Sa'ida· Banu Zurayq· Abu Jubayla

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 487-488
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.487-488
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islam.museum contributors. “مالك بن العجلان”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/malik-ibn-al-ajlan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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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.