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Fahl

فِحْل

A place in al-Sham where the Muslims fought a battle with the Byzantines a year after the conquest of Damascus, in the editors' marginal note; al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi was killed there in Umar's caliphate, according to Ibn Ishaq.

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Fahl is a place in Syria where the Muslims fought the Romans, one year after the conquest of Damascus, according to the editors' note. According to Ibn Ishaq, al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi was killed there in the caliphate of Umar. 1

Wikidata matches it to Pella (the Fahl level) in Jordan for locating the site, and this is an approximate placement at the level of the place.

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Al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith

People and things also explored

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The siege of Ta'if· Banu Sahm· Al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “Fahl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/fahl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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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.