Tag: battle of Uhud

By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Ibn Ishaq, the earliest biographer of Prophet Muhammad, relates an amazing story about Rabbi Mukhayriq, a wealthy, learned leader of the tribe of Tha’labah, a Jewish tribe allied with one of the three major Jewish tribes that had lived in Medina for centuries; who fought alongside Prophet Muhammad in the battle of Uhud on March 19, 625 CE, and died in that battle. That day was a Saturday. Rabbi Mukhayriq addressed his tribe’s men and urged them to go with him to fight alongside Muhammad. The...