(Friday Sermon - February 8, 2019 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

According to one narration, Hazrat Tha‘labah’s name was Tha‘labah bin Anamah. Hazrat Tha‘labah’s mother’s name was Jaheerah bint Qain. He belonged to the Banu Salma tribe of the Ansar. Hazrat Tha‘labah^(ra) is counted among those seventy companions who participated in the second Bai‘at Aqabah at the hand of the Holy Prophet^(sa). When Hazrat Tha‘labah^(ra) accepted Islam, he, along with Hazrat Mu‘az bin Jabal^(ra) and Abdullah bin Unais^(ra), broke the idols of Banu Salma, i.e. the idols belonging to his own tribe. Hazrat Tha‘labah^(ra) fought in the battles of Badr, Uhud and Khandaq [the Ditch]. During the Battle of Khandaq he was martyred by Hubairah bin Abi Wahab. According to another narration he was martyred in the Battle of Khaybar. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 386, Tha‘labah^(ra) bin Mihsan, 340, Salamah bin Aslam^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Al-Isti‘aab Fi Ma’rifati Al-Sahaba, Vol. 1, p. 207, Tha‘labah^(ra) bin Anamah, Dar-ul-Jeel, Beirut, 1992)