(Friday Sermon - February 8, 2019 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

In some narrations, his name has also been reported to be Unais. He belonged to the Banu Najjar clan of the Khazraj tribe of the Ansar. His mother’s name was Umm Unas bint Khalid. He participated in all of the battles along with the Holy Prophet^(sa) including Badr, Uhud and Khandaq. His brother Hazrat Ubayy bin Mu‘az^(ra) also participated in the Battle of Uhud along with him. There are varying opinions regarding the date of his demise. In one of the narrations it is mentioned that he died during the caliphate of Hazrat Uthman^(ra). Whereas in another narration, it is mentioned that Hazrat Anas bin Mu‘az^(ra) and his brother, Hazrat Ubayy bin Mu‘az^(ra), were martyred during the incident of Bir-e-Ma‘unah. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 381, Anas bin Mu’az^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 1, p. 299, Anas bin Mu’az bin Anas^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003)