(Friday Sermon - March 1, 2019 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

According to one narration, his name has been recorded as Rafay^(ra) bin Zaid. Hazrat Rafay^(ra) bin Yazid belonged to the Banu Zaoora bin Abdil Ashhal branch of the Aus tribe of the Ansar. Hazrat Rafay’s^(ra) mother, Aqrab bint Mu‘az, was the sister of the famous companion, Hazrat Sa‘d bin Mu‘az^(ra). Hazrat Rafay^(ra) had two sons – Usaid and Abdur Rahman – from Aqrab bint Salama. Hazrat Rafay^(ra) participated in the battles of Badr and Uhud. According to one narration, he was traveling on the camel of Saeed bin Zaid^(ra) on the day of the Battle of Badr. He was martyred during the Battle of Uhud. (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 337, Rafey bin Yazid^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutb al-Ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990), (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 2, p. 235, Rafey bin Yazid^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutb Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003).