(Friday Sermon - November 23, 2018 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Rukhaila bin Tha‘laba Ansari^(ra) was a companion who took part in the Battle of Badr. His name has been recorded differently in various narrations. Some mention his name as Rukhaila and others as Rujaila or Ruhaila etc. His father’s name was Tha‘labah bin Khalid. He took part in the Battles of Badr and Uhud. He was from a branch of the Banu Khazraj tribe called Banu Bayaza. He accompanied Hazrat Ali^(ra) during the Battle of Siffin. (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifati Al-Sahaba, Vol. 2, p. 273, Rukhaila bin Tha’labah, Vol. 1 p. 509, Jablah bin Tha’labah, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra Li-ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 450, Rukhaila bin Tha’labah, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)