Expedition of al-Muraysi'

Expedition of al-Muraysi'
Part of Muhammad's campaigns
DateDecember 627 AD, or Sha'ban 6 AH
Location
Al-Muraysi, in a valley between Mecca and Medina
Result Muslim victory[1]
Belligerents
Muslims Banu Mustaliq
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad
Abu Bakr
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Umar
'Ubadah ibn al-Samit
Sa'd ibn Ubadah		 Haritha bin Abi Dirar †
Strength
Unknown (Large number of Muḥammad's fighters) Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed; Ansari named Hisham ibn Subabah killed by 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit by accident[2] 10 killed
200 families taken captive [1][3]

The Expedition of al-Muraysiʿ (Arabic: غزوة المريسيع) was an early Muslim campaign against the tribe of Banu Mustaliq which took place in December 627 CE.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al (2005), The Sealed Nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet, Darussalam Publications, pp. 386–387, ISBN 9789960899558 (online)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference (Ibn Hisham) part 3 p. 187. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ William Muir (2003), The life of Mahomet, Kessinger Publishing, p. 310, ISBN 978-0-7661-7741-3[permanent dead link‍] (original)
  4. ^ Watt, W. Montgomery (1956). Muhammad at Medina. Oxford At The Clarendon Press. p. 341.
  5. ^ J. M. B. Jones (1957). "The Chronology of the "Mag̱ẖāzī"-- A Textual Survey". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (2): 251. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0013304X. JSTOR 610242.