Salama ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughira

Overview

Salama ibn Hisham ibn al-As ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi, brother of Abu Jahl, counted among the Companions and the fighters ¹.

Mu'ta and his death

He escaped from Mu'ta, and it is reported that he withdrew from prayer out of shame at what was said about his army ¹.

al-Baladhuri lists him among the martyrs of the Battle of Ajnadayn in Jumada al-Ula of the year 13 AH. It is also said that he was killed at Marj al-Safar in Muharram of the year 14 AH. The year of his death is disputed in the source, and the conversion to the Common Era is derived, approximately 634 CE ².

The Conquest of Syria

In al-Baladhuri: when Abu Bakr finished with the apostates he dispatched the armies to Syria, binding three banners — for Khalid ibn Sa'id (whom he deposed), Shurahbil ibn Hasana and Amr ibn al-As — directing them and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan by the Ayla and Tabuk roads until their number completed at twenty-four thousand; their first fighting came at Dathin and al-Araba, and al-Waqidi's account assigns Amr Filastin, Shurahbil al-Urdunn and Yazid Dimashq; Khalid ibn al-Walid then marched from Iraq reaching them in Rabi' al-Akhir year 13, and they made him commander in every battle; the great battle of Ajnadayn fell on Monday twelve nights remaining of Jumada I year 13, Busra fell by treaty, Shurahbil conquered al-Urdunn by force save Tabariyya, the battle of Fihl came five months into Umar's caliphate with Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah commanding by Umar's investiture, the day of Marj al-Suffar at the new moon of al-Muharram year 14, and then the conquest of Damascus and Bayt al-Maqdis.

Salama ibn Hisham ibn al-Mughira

At a glance

Life in time

Overview

Mu'ta and his death

Connections

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The Conquest of Syria