(Friday Sermon - March 1, 2019 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

Hazrat Tufail^(ra) bin Nu‘man belonged to the Ansar tribe of Khazraj. His mother was Khansaa bint Riyaa who was also the paternal aunt of Hazrat Jaabir^(ra) bin Abdullah. Hazrat Tufail^(ra) also had a daughter named Raubieye. He was present at the Bai‘at at Aqabah as well as the Battle of Badr. Hazrat Tufail^(ra) likewise took part in the battle of Uhud and on that day he received a total of thirteen wounds. He was also present in the battle of the Ditch and it was during this battle that he was martyred by Wahshi bin Harb. Later, Wahshi also accepted Islam. Wahshi would say that God had honoured Hazrat Hamza^(ra) and Hazrat Tufail^(ra) bin Nu‘man with his hands, but did not humiliate him by their hands; meaning he was not killed by them in a state of disbelief. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 431, Tufail^(ra) bin Nu‘man, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 3, pp. 79-80, Tufail^(ra) bin bin Nu‘man, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003)