Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
Salām bin Abī 'l-Huqayq or Abu Rafi was a Jewish poet of early 7th century Arabia who financed and assisted the Pagan tribes who were fighting Muhammad and his followers, the muslims. He was killed in the Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik after composed satirical verse (hija') about Muhammad and other early Muslim leaders. When men of the Banu Aus assassinated Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, some Khazraj tribesman including Abdullah ibn Unays went to Muhammad and received his permission to kill Sallam.
Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
- Born
- 600
- Died
- 627 · Khaybar.
- Occupation
- poet
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Salām bin Abī 'l-Huqayq or Abu Rafi was a Jewish poet of early 7th century Arabia who financed and assisted the Pagan tribes who were fighting Muhammad and his followers, the muslims. He was killed in the Expedition of 'Abdullah ibn 'Atik after composed satirical verse (hija') about Muhammad and other early Muslim leaders. When men of the Banu Aus assassinated Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, some Khazraj tribesman including Abdullah ibn Unays went to Muhammad and received his permission to kill Sallam.
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Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari describes the assassination thus: • When they got to Khaybar they went to Sallam’s house by night, having locked every door in the settlement on the inhabitants. Now he was in an upper chamber of his to which a ladder led up. They mounted this until they came to the door and asked to be allowed to come in. His wife came out and asked who they were and they told her that they were Arabs in search of supplies. She told them that their man was here and that they could come in. • When we entered we bolted the door of the room on her and ourselves fearing lest something should come between us and him. His wife shrieked and warned him of us, so we ran at him with our swords as he was on his bed.. When we had smitten him with our swords Abdullah bin Unays bore down with his sword into his belly until it went right through him. Sallam was the brother of al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq and the uncle of the latter's sons, who included Kenana ibn al-Rabi.
Abu Rafi's assassination is mentioned in many Sunni Hadith: Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib: Allah's Apostle sent a group of Ansari men to kill Abu-Rafi. One of them set out and entered their (i.e. the enemies) fort. That man said, "I hid myself in a stable for their animals. They closed the fort gate. Later they....."Bukhari Abu Rafi's assassination is mentioned in: Bukhari, Bukhari, Bukhari and many more.
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al-Tabari, The History of Al-Tabari: Volume 8, Michael Fishbein, tr. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997), 482–483.
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- 1.William Muir: The life of Mahomet. Oxford 1861, S. 14
- 2.Vgl. Harald Motzki: The Murder of Ibn Abi l-Huqayq: On the Origin and Reliability of some Maghazi-Reports. In: Harald Motzki (Hrsg.): The Biography of Muhammad. The Issue of the Sources. Brill 2000, S. 232
- 3.Abd ar-Razzaq: Musannaf V, 407-10 (9747)
- 4.Überlieferung nach Buchārī. 20060212143553.
- 5.The Translation of the Meanings of Summarized Sahih Muslim. Von Ali Hafiz Zakiuddin Abdul-Azim al-Mundhiri, Bd. 1, Riad, S. 108 (zweisprachige Ausgabe)
- 6.Alfred Guillaume: The Life of Muhammad. A translation of Ishaq's ‘Sirat Rasul Allah’. Oxford University Press, London 1955, S. 364–369
- 7.Hans Jansen: Mohammed. Eine Biographie. München 2008, S. 335
- 8.The History of al-Tabari. Vol. VII: The Foundation of the Community, Übersetzt von Michael V. McDonald und kommentiert von William Montgomery Watt, New York 1987 S. 99
- 9.Text aus der Prophetenbiographie von Ibn Ishaq in arabischer Sprache.
- 10.Verschiedene Belegstellen in: Harald Motzki: The Murder of Ibn Abi l-Huqayq: On the Origin and Reliability of some Maghazi-Reports. In: Harald Motzki (Hrsg.): The Biography of Muhammad. The Issue of the Sources. Brill 2000, S. 197
- 11.Der Name des Letztgenannten wird in verschiedenen Varianten überliefert.
- 12.Summarized Sahih al-Bukhārī: Arabic-English, übersetzt von Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Riyad 1997, S. 764
- 13.William Muir: The life of Mahomet. Oxford 1861, S. 14f.
- 14.Gemäß dem Maghazi von al-Wāqidī, vgl. Harald Motzki: The Murder of Ibn Abi l-Huqayq: On the Origin and Reliability of some Maghazi-Reports. In: Harald Motzki (Hrsg.) The Biography of Muhammad. The Issue of the Sources. Brill 2000, S. 209
- 15.Summarized Sahih al-Bukhārī: Arabic-English, übersetzt von Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Riyad 1997, S. 764f.
- 16.The History of al-Tabari. Vol. VII: The Foundation of the Community, Übersetzt von Michael V. McDonald und kommentiert von William Montgomery Watt, New York 1987, S. 102
- 17.Nach al-Wāqidī gaben sie vor, ein Geschenk überbringen zu wollen.
- 18.Vgl. auch den Tathergang nach Buchārī und
- 19.Ar هذا قتله أرى فيه أثر الطعام
- 20.Alfred Guillaume: The Life of Muhammad. A Translation of Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Oxford 1955, S. 484
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