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The Expedition of Banu Fazarah
From the life of Hazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)
From the life of Hazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra)
Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) also took part in the expedition of Banu Fazarah. In this regard, it is recorded that this expedition took place in 6 AH. The Banu Fazarah resided in Najd and the Valley of Qura.
(Sayyid Fadl al-Rahman, Farhang-e-Sirat [Karachi, Pakistan: Zawwar Academy Publications, 2003], p. 64)
In Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra and Sirat Ibn Hisham it is recorded that this expedition was commanded by Hazrat Zaid bin Al-Harithah (ra).
(Ibn Sa’d, Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol. 2 [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 2017], 69.) (Ibn Hisham, Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, 2001], p. 875)
However, according to narrations in Sahih Muslim and Sunan Abi Dawud, the Holy Prophet (sa) appointed Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) as the leader of this expedition. In a narration from Sahih Muslim, it is recorded on account of Iyas bin Salama whose father told him, “We fought against the Fazarah tribe and our leader was Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra). The Holy Prophet (sa) appointed him as our leader.”
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Jihad wa al-Siyar, Bab Tanfil wa Fida’ al-Muslimin bi al-Usara, Hadith 4573) (Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitab al-Jihad, Bab al-Rukhsah, Hadith 2697)