Abu Basir
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Abū Baṣīr[1] (Baseer, Busir; Arabic: أبو بصير), also known as Utbah ibn Aseed,[2] was a contemporary of Muhammad from the Banu Thaqif tribe.[3]
He had fled from Mecca after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah,[4] away from the Quraysh, and he sought refuge among the Muslims of Medina,[5][6] but was asked to return since in accordance with Islamic law it was not allowed to break a treaty so he was not accepted. The two men from Quraysh who were pursuing Abu Basir grabbed him and tied him to their caravan to return him back to Mecca. However, Abu Basir managed to escape from the ropes and flee. To his dismay one escaped alive and the next day reached the Muslim caravan demanding Abu Basir to be handed over. Again Muhammad ordered Abu Basir to go with him since he would be a war kindler. Abu Basir understood that he needed to leave and went for the shore, there Abu Jandal ibn Suhayl joined him after freeing himself from the Quraysh in Mecca. Eventually whenever a Muslim escaped Mecca, they joined Abu Basir, until they became a big group.[7][8][9]
It is said that Basir was on his deathbed when a letter from Muhammad with permission to return to Medina reached him. He died while holding Muhammad's letter in his hand.[10]
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Fath al-Bari contains one of the more detailed accounts of Abu Basir's life.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Rāshid, Maʿmar ibn (15 October 2015). The Expeditions: An Early Biography of Muḥammad. NYU Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4798-1682-8.
- ^ Emerick, Yahiya (1 April 2002). Critical Lives: Muhammad. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-5013-0.
- ^ Gülen, M. Fethullah (1 November 2008). Terror And Suicide Attacks. Tughra Books. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-59784-624-0.
- ^ a b Rubin 1988, p. 252.
- ^ Ghunaimi, Mohammad Talaat (6 December 2012). The Muslim Conception of International Law and the Western Approach. Springer. p. 41. ISBN 978-94-011-9508-9.
- ^ Muir 1861, p. 42.
- ^ Muir 1878, p. 377.
- ^ Raffi, Salim bin Muhammad (1998). Muhammad: the beloved of Allah : his life based on the Holy Qur'an and historic sources. Kazi.
- ^ Tabari (15 June 2015). The History of al-Tabari, Vol. 8: The Victory of Islam: Muhammad at Medina A.D. 626-630/A.H. 5-8. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-0290-1.
- ^ Zakariyyā, Muḥammad (1983). Stories of Sahabah: Revised Translation of Urdu Book. Kutab Khana Faizie. p. 21.
Sources
[edit]- Muir, William (1861). The Life of Mahomet [sic] and History of Islam. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Muir, William (1878). The Life of Mahomet [sic]: From Original Sources. London: Smith, Elder & Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Rubin, Uri (1 January 1988). "Muhammad' s Curse of Mudar and the Blockade of Mecca". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 31 (3): 249–264. doi:10.1163/156852088X00115. ISSN 1568-5209.
