Wahb ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh

وهب بن سعد بن أبي سرح

c. September 629 CE · Jumada I 8 AH

Mu'tah

Companion of Quraysh, from Banu Malik ibn Hisl; martyred at Mu'tah.

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abbad ibn Qays · al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd Allah ibn Rawaha · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

In space

Mu'tah

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Place in the story

  • Martyr (as regarded) · c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Wahb ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh, a Qurashi Companion of the Banu Malik ibn Hisl. He was killed as a martyr on the day of Mu'ta 1.

Mu'ta

The data records that he was killed as a martyr at the battle of Mu'ta in the year 8 AH, in Jumada al-Ula, on a date that is approximate and based on the report 1.

His life before that needs an additional source.

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Participated in
The Battle of Mu'tah
Died in
Mu'tah

People and things also explored

Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal· Martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation· Martyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horse· Martyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commander· Abbad ibn Qays· Abd Allah ibn Rawaha· al-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn Usaf· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal

After the three commanders' deaths, Thabit ibn Aqram picked up the standard and declined command; the men chose Khalid ibn al-Walid. Khalid maneuvered defensively and withdrew the army intact. Ibn Hisham cites al-Zuhri with a divergent tradition that God granted victory under Khalid.