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- Arabia
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Summary
A wide valley of Tihama's valleys between Mecca and Ta'if near Dhu al-Majaz; its gullies and mountain narrows hid the ambush Hawazin's tribes laid for the Muslim army in the Hunayn expedition in Shawwal 8 AH 1.
Its terrain
For young visitors
A descending desert valley among the mountains where Hawazin's fighters hid among the rocks to surprise the army — before the Muslims rallied and prevailed.
Connections
- Site of
- The Battle of Hunayn
- Located in
- Mecca
- Mentioned in
- Qur'an 9:25
People and things also explored
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Khalid ibn al-Walid· The Battle of Hunayn· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Attab ibn Usayd· Muhammad· Mecca
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/84-86
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/85
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/85-86
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Wadi Hunayn”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/wadi-hunayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.