14 results for “martyr”
Clear filter...ely 40,000. The fighting was ferocious — 1,200 Muslims were martyred, including many Huffaz (memorisers of the Quran). Musayli...
.... Al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin commanded the Muslim force; he was martyred in battle but his successor Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman presse...
...rative rituals. For Sunni Muslims, Husayn remains a beloved martyr and a symbol of standing against injustice, with the day of...
...bic sources as the Battle of Balat al-Shuhada (Court of the Martyrs) — was fought in October 732 CE between the forces of the ...
...eventy more were taken prisoner. Only fourteen Muslims were martyred. The victory established the political credibility of the...
.... The resulting chaos led to the deaths of around 70 Muslim martyrs, most prominently Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, the Prophet's...
...Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Abdullah ibn Rawaha — all fell as martyrs in battle. Command passed to Khalid ibn al-Walid, who had ...
...tory came at immense cost: approximately 1,200 Muslims were martyred, including around 360-700 companions who had memorised th...
...sive formations and elephant corps. Nu'man ibn Muqarrin was martyred in the fighting but his deputy, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, t...
...to Kufa and then Damascus. Ahl us-Sunnah regard Husayn as a martyr, mourn his killing as a great wrong, and fast on Ashura as ...
...Poitiers, known in Arabic as Balat al-Shuhada (Plain of the Martyrs), halted the northward expansion of Muslim forces into the...
...dization of the Quran into a single authorized text. He was martyred by rebels who besieged his house for 40 days.
... water for three days, Husayn and 72 of his companions were martyred on the 10th of Muharram. This event profoundly shaped Isl...
...the controversial Sufi mystic, was executed in Baghdad. His martyrdom became a central event in Sufi history and literature.