(Friday Sermon - July 19, 2019 )

Background

Hazrat Nasr bin Harith^(ra) belonged to Banu Abd bin Razakh which was from the Aus family of the Ansar. His name is also mentioned as Numair bin Harith. His title was Abu Harith. His father was Harith bin Abd and his mother was Saudah bint Suwaad. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 346, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990), (Al-Sirat Al-Nabwai Li Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1,  p. 405, Dar-ul-Kitaab Al-Arabi, Beirut, 2008)

Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

Hazrat Nasr bin Harith^(ra) had the honour of participating in the Battle of Badr. His father, Harith^(ra), also had the honour of being a companion of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Hazrat Nasr^(ra) was martyred during the battle of Qadisiyyah. (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifat Al-Sahaba, Vol. 5, p. 299, Nasr bin Harith(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1994)

Qadisiyyah is an area in Iran, or modern-day Iraq, situated at a distance of 45 miles from Kufa. In the 14 AH and during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar^(ra), a decisive war was fought between Muslims and Sassanidsat Qadisiyyah. As a result of this, the Sassanid Empire fell into the hands of the Muslims. (Tarikh Al-Tabari, Vol. 4, p. 111, Dar-ul-Fikr, Beirut, 2002) (Furhung Sirat by Syed Fazl-ul-Rehman, p. 229, Zawar Academy, Karachi, 2003)