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al-Yarmuk

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A place in al-Sham; Ibn Ishaq dates the deaths of Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi (may God be pleased with him) and Sa'id ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi to it with the phrase 'the year of the Yarmuk', in Umar's caliphate.

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A place in al-Sham. Ibn Ishaq dates the killing of Abd Allah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi and Sa'id ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi by saying "the year of al-Yarmuk" in the caliphate of Umar. 1

al-Mas'udi reports that the abodes of the kings of Ghassan were at al-Yarmuk and al-Jawlan and other parts of the Ghuta of Damascus and its districts. 2

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Sa'id ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi

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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu Sahm· Sa'id ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 427
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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.