Khunais ibn Hudhaifa
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Khunais ibn Hudhaifa (d. 3 AH/ 625-6) was a sahaba
(companion) of Muhammad
, from the Banu Sahm of Quraish.
. According to Sunni sources:
Sahaba
In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...
(companion) of Muhammad
Muhammad
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, from the Banu Sahm of Quraish.
Biography
He was married to Hafsa bint UmarHafsa bint Umar
Ḥafsah bint ‘Umar and wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and therefore a Mother of the Believers.-Biography:She was married to Khunais ibn Hudhaifa, but became a widow when she was eighteen and according to Islamic tradition her father offered her to Abu Bakr and Uthman Ibn Affan...
. According to Sunni sources:
- who was from the tribe of Banu Sahm. He had embraced Islam during the initial days of the dissemination of the Divine message by Allah's Prophet. Hafsa had also accepted Islam along with her husband. Khunais emigrated to Abyssinia in the 6th year of the Prophethood. A few years before the actual imigration of the Prophet to MadinahHijra (Islam)The Hijra is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. Alternate spellings of this Arabic word are Hijrah, Hijrat or Hegira, the latter following the spelling rules of Latin.- Hijra of Muhammad :In September 622, warned of a plot to...
, he returned to Makkah and then taking Hafsa with him, also migrated to Madinah.
- Khunais was a brave soldier of Islam. In the 2nd year of Hijra, he fought gallantly in the Battle of BadrBattle of BadrThe Battle of Badr , fought Saturday, March 13, 624 AD in the Hejaz region of western Arabia , was a key battle in the early days of Islam and a turning point in Muhammad's struggle with his opponents among the Quraish in Mecca...
. Then in the 3rd year of Hijra in the Battle of UhudBattle of UhudThe Battle of Uhud was fought on March 19, 625 at the valley located in front of Mount Uhud, in what is now northwestern Arabia. It occurred between a force from the Muslim community of Medina led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a force led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb from Mecca, the town from...
, he fought against the enemies of Islam, with exceptional courage and chivalry. But he received several wounds in the course of the Battle. He was taken to Madinah in that condition and even after treatment, he did not recover and finally succumbed to his wounds. Hafsa thus was widowed.. He died in 625/6.
External links
- http://www.quraan.com/index.aspx?tabindex=9&tabid=24&bid=2&cid=60
- http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/woman_man_compare.htm