Ubayda ibn al-Harith

Ubayda ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him) ibn al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf al-Hashimi was a Muhajir Companion and the oldest of the three who fought in single combat on the day of Badr. ¹.

When three nobles of Quraysh asked for single combat, namely Utba and Shayba, the sons of Rabia, and al-Walid ibn Utba, and turned down the two Ansari challengers because they wanted opponents from their own kin, the Prophet ﷺ ordered Ubayda, Hamza and Ali to stand up. ¹. In Ibn Ishaq's account, Ubayda, who was the oldest of the group, fought Utba ibn Rabia. In the report of Ahmad and Abu Dawud, Ubayda fought al-Walid. ^{2 3}.

Each of him and his opponent struck the other with two blows, and each left the other badly wounded. Ali and Hamza then charged at Utba and killed him, and they carried Ubayda away after his leg had been cut off. ².

He remained silent until he died at al-Safra, four or five days after the Battle of Badr, while the Muslims were on their way to Medina. ².

The book counts him among those who followed the first vanguard, among the early Muslims during the secret call. He was among more than forty people from all the clans of Quraysh whom Ibn Hisham counts. ^{4 5}. The book names him Ubayda ibn al-Harith ibn al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, and so he is from the Banu al-Muttalib. ⁴.

The Prophet sent him with sixty riders from the Muhajirun, and he met Abu Sufyan with two hundred men in the valley of Rabigh. The two sides shot arrows at each other, and no fighting broke out. (the expedition of Rabigh) ⁶.