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Abdullah bin Rawahah is a friend of Anshar who has a story of many virtues. His name was Abdullah and he was called Abu Muhammad, also known as Abu Rawahah or Abu Amr.  

His full name is Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Rawahah bin Tsa’labah bin Imri-il Qais bin Amr bin Imri-il Qais Al Akbar bin Malik bin Kaab bin Khazraj bin Al Haris Al Anshari Al Khazraji.

His mother's name was Kabsyah bintu Waqid bin Amr bin Al Itnabah from Bani Al Haris bin Al-Khazraj. He has a half-brother named ‘Amrah bintu Rawahah, mother of An Nu’man bin Bashir.  

With this, Abdullah bin Rawahah was the maternal uncle of An Nu’man bin Bashir. The jam was also, she was a companion who attended many important events in Islam.

One of Abdullah's important roles was his participation in the first Pledge of Allegiance at Aqabah, as he was one of the twelve who proclaimed Islam in their pledge. He also participated in other Pledge of Allegiance events.  

In addition, its important role as a pioneer of Islam. He is one of the forerunners of Islam (assabiqunal awwalu). Includes partners who can read and write and write poetry.

It is known that Abdullah bin Rawahah was one of the scribes of the Prophet and that he had poems that contained the defense of the Prophet and Islam. He, Hassan bin Tsabit and Kaab bin Malik were known as the Prophet's poets of the time. The Prophet was friends with Al Miqdad bin Al Aswad.

Abdullah bin Rawahah for Abu Sufyan

Abdullah bin Rawahah was one of the twelve representatives of the Ansars who pledged allegiance to the Hijrah and later spread Islam in Medina. He was also among 73 people who pledged allegiance to the Prophet and the Muhajirins who first arrived in Medina after the hijrah from Mecca.

During his life, after he embraced Islam with his people before Bai’at Aqaba, he was known as one of the poets of the Prophet, who has a special ability to use beautiful words and become one of the experts of the prophet He is known as a poet of war who firmly broke the claims of the enemies of Islam.

Abdullah bin Rawahah is known as a great poet from the time of Jahiliyya until the early days of Islam and always follow the various wars that occurred at that time.

As one of the favorite poets of the Prophet, Abdullah bin Rawahah wrote many poems defending the Prophet and the teachings of Islam. The poems criticize the slander of the disloyal Quraysh and other enemies of the Prophet who tried to undermine the Islamic preachers of the time.

One of his most famous poems was addressed to Abu Sufyan, who had not converted to Islam during the Battle of Badr. Here is the content of the verse along with its meaning:

Abu Sufyan returned to us during the Battle of Badr, but we have not had a proper and sufficient time.

So swear though perfection comes to us for our hated father and I lose the song of the people.

We left Utbah's limbs and his son Amran's we left Abu Jahl as captives.

You defy the Messenger of Allah, grumbling against your religion and doing misguided deeds.

Verily, if your cruelty to me requires sacrifice for the Messenger of Allah, his family, and his property, we obey the Messenger and judge nothing but himself.

He is a star to us in the darkness of a quiet night.

Abdullah bin Rawahah is also known as the scribe of the Prophet with various poems produced, he is also an expert worship, a mujahid, who does a lot of fasting and prayers.

Among the praise of the Prophet to him is his word:

“May Allah bless Abdullah bin Rawahah, he loves those assemblies which the angels are proud of.” [H.R. Ahmed]

Among the praise of the Prophet is also his word:

“The Best man is Abdullah bin Rawahah.”

The story of Abdullah bin Rawahah also received praise from Abu Darda’ content of the following praise:

Abu Darda’ once said, ‘I took refuge in Allah to come to me one day without remembering Abdullah bin Rawahah. Once when he met me from the front, he patted me on the chest, the next day he met me from behind while patting me between my shoulders. Then he said to me; ‘O Uwaimir, let us sit down, we believe for a moment’. So we sat down and remembered Allah as much as we could, then he said, ‘Uwaimir this is the assembly of faith'”.

Among the forms of his obedience to the Prophet, there was an event that one day Abdullah bin Rawahah was with the Prophet who was preaching.

Then the Messenger of Allah said to him: “May Allah increase your zeal in obedience to Allah and in obedience to His Messenger.”   

Abu Darda mentioned that he said: We were indeed with the Prophet on one of his travels, on a very hot day. Some narrations say that the trip was carried out in the month of Ramadan. Until someone puts a hand on his head because it's so hot. And no one in the group fasted except the Prophet and Abdullah bin Rawahah.” [H.R. Al Bukhari and Muslim Abu Darda].

Abdullah bin Abbas's friend Usama bin Zaid, Anas bin Malik, Abu Hurairah narrated a hadith from him. And among the Tabin who narrated from him, for example: Abi Salamah bin Abdirahman, Ikrimah and Atha’ bin Yasar.

Since the outbreak of the war between the power of Islam and the power of idolatry in the Battle of Badr, he has always participated in it. Starting with his participation in the Battle of Badr, where after the victory of the Muslims, he became the messenger of Allah to the people of Medina to inform them of the victory in the war.

He participated in the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of Khandaq, the Khaibar War, the Hudzaibiyah events and all the events of the war with the Prophet, in addition to the Fathu Makkah events.

The Prophet also sent him and a group of 30 horsemen to attack Khaibar in the month of Shawwal in 6 A. H. to paralyze the leadership of Usair ibn Razim, a Jew who succeeded Abu Rafi’ Salam bin Abil Haqiq.

This showed his skill in leading the battle that with only 30 men he was able to kill Usair who was under the protection of his people. The Prophet also appointed him as the representative of the Muslims of Medina when he was jihadist.

The End of His Majesty's Life In the War of Mu’tah

The Battle of Mu’tah was an incredible battle. Therein lies the miracle of God's power over all that He wills. The Muslim army was only 3,000, while the infidels numbered 200,000.  

That is, with such a large number of Muslims, the ratio of three Muslims must be against two hundred Christians. What an unbalanced comparison.

Abdullah bin Rawahah became the third commander appointed by the Prophet after Zaid bin Harithah and Ja’far bin Abi Talib. This war occurred in the 8th year of the Hijri in the month of Jumadil Ula. Mu’tah itself is the name of a village in the Balqa district of Syam province.

The course of this battle of Mu’tah was narrated by the Prophet himself in his sermon:

“Will I tell you about the news of your troops? They have met the enemy. So Zayd fell as a martyr, ask forgiveness for him. Then the banner of war was taken over by Ja’far, he fought fiercely until martyrdom as well. Then the banner was taken by Abdullah bin Rawahah and he strengthened his legs in the battle until he died as a martyr. Then the banner of war was taken by Khalid, and he was not appointed as the leader. The Prophet raised his two fingers and said; he is the sword of Your swords, so help him.

Muslim historians say that only eight of Mu’tah's companions died in the war.

In detail among the Muhajirin; namely, Ja’far bin Abi Thalib and Mas’ud bin Al-Aswad bin Haritsah bin Nadhlah Al Adawi, Wahb bin Sa’d bin Abi Sarh, among others, former slave of the prophet Zaid bin Harithah Al-Kalb.  

Ansar Abdullah bin Rawahah, Abbad bin Qais Al Khazarjayyan, Al Harith bin An-Nu’man bin Isaf bin Nadhlah An Najjari, Suraqah bin Amr bin Athiyyah bin Khansa Al Mazini.  

Az Zuhri added the names of four companions of the Prophet who died on the battlefield Mu’tah. Abu Kulaib and Jabir. These two are siblings. Also Amr bin Amir, son of Sa’d bin Al Harith bin Abbad bin Sa’d bin Amir bin Tha’labah bin Malik bin Afsa. You are also from Ansari. With this, the number of martyrs increased to 12.  

The number of infidels killed is very high. About 3,350 infidels are said to have been killed in this area by Mu’tah.

When the army of the Muslims faced the Roman army, he stood before the troops and said, “Oh the army of the Muslims, by Allah, we fight against them with very little numbers and weapons; we do not fight except to establish the religion which God has glorified us with Go! For it includes one of two virtues, war against them or die as a martyr hero.”

After the two previous warlords were killed on the battlefield, Zaid and Ja’far, he received the banner - after previous hesitation and chanted the verse’:

I swear, my soul, you advance into battle or you dislike it If I gather all the soldiers and they all run away from the battlefield, then I do not see you do not want heaven.

For a long time you were not at peace and you were nothing but from a drop of abject semen.

Ibn Rawahah eventually appeared as a warlord and attacked the Roman army. In the end, he died on the battlefield as a martyr. When the war rages, he always chants sya’ir:

O my soul, which one do you choose to die martyrdom or die an ordinary death? The lake of death is before you.

If you do as they both do (Zaid and Ja Far) you have obtained guidance and what you aspire to all this time will be achieved

Among the hadith he narrated, he said, “Prophet forbids someone to come to his family at night.” he died as a martyr hero of the year 8 H. Wallahu A’lam!