Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
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Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid ibn Asad was one of the non-Muslims who interacted with the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Biography[edit]
Nawfal was the son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and hence a paternal brother of Khadijah. His mother, known only as "Al-Adawiya", was from the Adiy clan of the Khuza’a tribe.[1]
"He was one of the principal men of the Quraysh."[2] He had the byname "Lion of the Quraysh" and "was well known for his physical strength and bravery."[3]
His son Al-Aswad was an early convert to Islam who joined the migration to Abyssinia in 616.[4] However, Nawfal opposed Muhammad and was known as "a satan of the Quraysh".[5] At one time he bound Abu Bakr and Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah with a rope.[6][7] Due to this, those two became known as Al-Qareenayn, "the two tied together".[3]
He was killed by Ali during the Battle of Badr in 624.[2] However, according to another tradition, he was killed in the battle by his own nephew, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam.[8]
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References[edit]
- ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah; translated by Alfred Guillaume (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 337. London: Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b Guillaume/Ishaq p. 337.
- ^ a b How Noble Men Were Persecuted
- ^ Guillaume/Ishaq p. 147.
- ^ Guillaume/Ishaq pp. 127-128.
- ^ Guillaume/Ishaq pp. 127-128, 337.
- ^ MSA West Compendium of Muslim Texts [1]
- ^ al-Misri, Mahmud (2015). Sahabat-Sahabat Rasulullah [Companion of the Prophet vol 1: Zubair bin Awwam] (in Indonesian and Arabic). Vol. 1: Zubair bin Awwam. Pustaka Ibnu Katsir. p. Shaja'ah Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Radhiyallahu anh (bravery of Zubayr ibn al-Awwam; by Mahmud al-Misri; official Book review by Basalamah; quoting various supplementary sources such as Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Siyar A'lam Nubala, Al-Tirmidhi, Prophetic biography of Ibn Hisham, etc. ISBN 9789791294386.
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