Asim ibn Thabit al-Ansari

Asim ibn Thabit ibn Abi al-Aqlah al-Ansari (died 4 AH / 625 M) adalah seorang Sahabat dari Nabi ﷺ dan archer dikenal karena his extraordinary commitment ke his prinsip-prinsip bahkan di cost dari kehidupannya. Ia adalah among group dari para Sahabat sent out as gurus selama Rajii expedition yang adalah ambushed oleh treachery.

When treacherous tribesmen surrounded his group, Asim refused ke surrender, saying he akan never let polytheist touch him atau allow them ke take him captive. He fought hingga ia adalah killed, shooting all his arrows dan then using his bow as weapon hingga he fell. Several dari his companions yang did surrender adalah kemudian killed anyway atau sold ke dalam slavery di Mekkah — events yang vindicated Asim's decision ke die fighting.

He memiliki made vow ke Allah yang he akan never let polytheist touch him atau let him touch polytheist. After wafatnya, tribe dari Quraysh sought his head because he memiliki killed one dari their leaders di Uhud dan they wanted ke use his skull as vessel untuk wine. However, Allah protected his body — swarms dari hornets atau wasps descended pada his corpse dan guarded it so yang Qurayshis dapat tidak pendekatan it. The Prophet ﷺ adalah informed dari this dan said it adalah divine protection untuk one yang memiliki protected himself dari polytheists di life.

His steadfastness di refusing capture dan his miraculous posthumous protection made his story one dari most frequently cited examples dari divine care untuk faithful among para Sahabat yang died di Rajii dan Bir Mauna.