At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
A large region seven stages from Mecca toward Yemen. The sources of the biography describe it as having seventy-three villages, and as the home of a Christian community whose delegation came to Medina in 9 AH 1.
About the place
Al-Mubarakpuri describes Najran as a large country of seventy-three villages, a day's journey for a swift rider. It could muster a hundred thousand fighters, of the Christian faith 1. Its delegation came in 9 AH: sixty men, twenty-four of them nobles, led by al-Aqib, al-Sayyid and the bishop 1. The Prophet made peace with them on terms of the jizya, under the protection of God and His Messenger, with full freedom in their religion. Islam began to spread among them after that 2.
For young visitors
An ancient city in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, whose people were Christian. A delegation from them came to the Prophet ﷺ and made peace with him.
In the introduction to The Sealed Nectar
The people of Najran became Christian at the hands of the ascetic Faymiyun, around the time of the first Abyssinian occupation of Yemen 3 4 5. Then Dhu Nuwas attacked them and dug the trench for them, and burned them in October 523 CE. They are the People of the Ditch mentioned in Surat al-Buruj 6 3. See the Christians of Najran and the Ditch.
Connections
- Home of
- Abu Haritha ibn Alqama· Faymiyun the monk· Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b· The Christians of Najran
- Site of
- Umar's Expulsion of the Christians of Najran· The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation
- Related to
- al-Ukhdud
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2608
- Has practice
- Christianity in Arabia before Islam
People and things also explored
The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation· Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b· Abdullah ibn Qurad al-Ziyadi· Amr ibn Abdullah al-Dibabi· Muhammad· Qays ibn al-Husayn Dhu al-Ghussa
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.450
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.451
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.40
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.41
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/31-34
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.24
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “Najran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/najran/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.