Abu Dujaana - The Red-Banded Warrior
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Title: Abu Dujaana - The Red-Banded Warrior
Created on: Wed Jan 09 15:13:31 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... ith, when we were under the palm-trees on the mountain side. The covenant was that I would not fight at the rear, but fight at the front heroically with the sword of Allah and His Messenger.' During this battle no one stood the way of Abu Dujana and remained alive. There was a man among the idolaters whose only objective was to finish off the wounded Muslims. During the fight, Abu Dujana approached that man; so I (Az-Zubair bin Al-'Awwam) implored Allah that they might engage in combat. They did start fighting and exchanged two sword-strokes. The idolater swung at Abu Dujana, but he escaped it and the sword pierced into his (Abu Dujana's) leather shield. The idolater's sword now stuck to his shield, Abu Dujana lunged at that Kafir with his sword and killed him. Then into the thick of the battle, he rushed to kill a person who was inciting the enemy to fight the Muslims. Upon this the person shrieked and lo! it was a woman. Abu Dujana spared her saying, 'I respect the Prophet's salallahu alleyhi wa salam sword too much to use it on a woman.' The woman was Hind bint 'Utbah (the wife of Abu Sufyan who was leading the Quraish army against the Muslims, who later became Muslim)." [Ibn Hisham Vol. 2 pg.68-69] Describing the same incident, Az-Zubair bin Al-'Awwam said, "I saw Abu Dujana raising a sword over the parting of Hind bint 'Utba's hair but then he moved it away. I said to myself, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' (I.e. why he didn't kill her)." [Ibn Hisham Vol. 2 pg. 69] Before the battle of Uhud began, the Prophet salallahu alleyhi wa salam had ordered a group of archers to remain on one side of a mountain to offer protection to the rear of the Muslim army. However, when the Muslims started to defeat their enemies, forty of the archers raced down the mountain in order to receive their share of the war booty. The Quraish used this opportunity to circle back and attack the rear of the Muslim army. They even got close enough to attack the Prophet salallahu alleyhi wa salam himself, injuring him severely. During those awkward moments of the Messenger of Allah's salallahu alleyhi wa salam life, a group of Muslim heroes gathered around the Prophet salallahu alleyhi wa salam forming a shield to protect him from the Kuffar. Among them was Abu Dujana. He stood before the Messenger of Allah salallahu alleyhi wa salam, shielding him from the arrows with his back. While these assaults on the Prophet's salallahu alleyhi wa salam life continued, Uthmaan ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Mugheerah (one of the enemy) approached him and tried to kill him. But Al-Harith bin As-Simma came to his defence and sliced into Uthman's leg making him fall to the ground. Then Al-Harith killed him. But another Makkan horseman, called 'Abdullah bin Jabir, attacked Al-Harith bin As-Simma, and cut deeply into his sho... [Full Article...]
