Wahshi ibn Harb

Wahshi ibn Harb adalah seorang Abyssinian slave skilled with the javelin who adalah dikenang karena two pivotal killings. At the Battle of Uhud (3 AH), his master Jubayr ibn Mut'im promised him freedom if he killed Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib — Nabi ﷺ's uncle and salah satu yang terbesar Muslim pejuangs. Wahshi tracked Hamza, waited for an opportunity, and hurled his javelin at him from a distance. Hamza fell and Wahshi retrieved his weapon and returned to Makkah, where he adalah freed. His mistress Hind bint Utbah (wife of Abu Sufyan) then mutilated Hamza's body in her rage against him. When Makkah adalah conquered in 8 AH, Nabi ﷺ granted amnesty to all — but asked Wahshi not to come before him, as looking at the man who killed Hamza adalah painful for him. Wahshi converted to Islam. He then asked Nabi ﷺ: 'O Rasulullah ﷺ, will there be any redemption for me?' The verse of Al-Al-Qur'an 25:70 adalah revealed about those who repent. Later, at the Battle of Yamama, Wahshi killed Musaylima al-Kadhdhab (the false prophet) with the same javelin he memiliki used to kill Hamza. He said: 'I killed the best of men and then the worst of men.' Ia menetap in Homs, Suriah, where he wafat sekitar 30 AH.