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MUSLIM MARTYRS OF THE BATTLE OF UHUD

ASMĀ’ SHUHADĀ’ UHUD
Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum

The Beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam put on his coat of arms and went for the Battle of Uhud in 3 A.H, 625 C.E with about 700 of his noble Sahāba (Companions) Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum against about 3000 better armed non-believers. In this battle, the Muslims received a set-back and about 70 Sahāba Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum were martyred. Even so, after this battle, Islām spread more and more, and far and wide. This shows that whether Muslims win a battle or receive a set-back, Islām always spreads as it is a universal religion for the whole of humanity till the end of time.

These then are the names of the Muslim martyrs of the Battle of Uhud in alphabetical order following the Arabic alphabet. Some of the letters do not occur because none of the martyrs had names beginning with those letters.

May Allāh Subhānahū wa Ta‘ālā make us walk in the footsteps of the Sahāba, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum, Āmīn Yā Rabb al-‘Ālamīn.

Please recite “Sayyidinā” before each name and “Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu” (Allāh is pleased with him) after each name.

Alif

1. Anas bin an-Nadr al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Unays bin Qatādah bin Rabī‘ah al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Aws bin al-Arqam al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Aws bin Thābit bin al-Mundhir al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. Iyās bin Aws al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Thā’

1. Thābit bin ‘Amr bin Zayd al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Thābit bin Waqsh al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Tha‘labah bin Sa‘d al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Thaqf bin Farwah al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Hā’

1. al-Hārith bin Anas bin Rāfi‘ al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. al-Hārith bin Aws bin Mu‘ādh al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. al-Hārith bin‘Adī bin Kharashah al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. al-Hārith bin ‘Uqbah bin Qābūs al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. Hubāb bin Qayzī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
6. Habīb bin Zayd bin Tamīm al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
7. Husayl bin Jābir al-Awsī, Abū Hudhayfa al-Yamān, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

8. Asadullāh wa Asadu Rasūlihī, Sayyidush Shuhadā’
Hamza bin ‘Abdul Muttalib al-Badrī al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
9. Hanzala bin Abī ‘Āmir al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Khā’ (wa) Dhāl

1. Khārijah bin Zayd bin Abī Zuhayr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Khidāsh bin Qatādah al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Khallād bin ‘Amr bin al-Jamūh al-Badrī, al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Khaythama bin al-Hārith al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. Dhakwān bin ‘Abdi Qays al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Rā’ (wa) Zāy

1. Rāfi‘ mawlā Ghaziyya bin ‘Amr al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Rāfi‘ bin Mālik al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu Anhu
3. Rifā‘ah bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Rifā‘ah bin Waqsh al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. Zayd bin Wadī‘ah al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Sīn

1. Subay‘ bin Hātib al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Sa‘d al-Badrī, mawlā Hātib bin Abī Balta‘ah al-Badrī al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Sa‘d bin ar-Rabī‘ bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Sa‘īd bin Suwayd al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. Salamah bin Thābit bin Waqsh al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

6. Sulaym bin al-Hārith al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
7. Sulaym bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
8. Sahl bin Rūmī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
9. Sahl bin ‘Adī bin Zayd al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
10. Sahl bin Qays bin Abī Ka‘b al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Shīn (wa) Sād (wa) Dād

1. Shammās bin ‘Uthmān al-Badrī al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Sayfī bin Qayzī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Damrah bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu Anhu

‘Ayn

1. ‘Āmir bin Umayya al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. ‘Āmir bin Mukhallad al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. ‘Āmir bin Yazīd bin as-Sakan al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. ‘Abbād bin Sahl al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. ‘Ubbād bin al-Khashkhāsh al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
6. ‘Abbās bin ‘Ubāda al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
7. ‘AbdAllāh bin Jubayr al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

8. ‘AbdAllāh bin Jahsh al-Badrī al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
9. ‘AbdAllāh bin Salamah al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
10. ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
11. ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Amr bin Wahb al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
12. ‘Ubayd bin at-Tayyihān al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

13. ‘Ubayd bin al-Mu‘allā al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
14. ‘Utbah bin Rabī‘ bin Rāfi‘ al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
15. ‘Aqrabah al-Juhanī, Abū Bashīr al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
16. ‘Umārah bin Ziyād bin as-Sakan al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
17. ‘Amr bin Thābit bin Waqsh al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

18. ‘Amr bin al-Jamūh al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
19. ‘Amr bin Qays bin Zayd al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
20. ‘Amr bin Mutarrif al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
21. ‘Amr bin Mu‘ādh al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
22. ‘Antarah as-Sulamī al-Badrī, mawlā Sulaym bin ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Qāf (wa) Kāf

1. Qurrah bin ‘Uqba al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Qays bin ‘Amr bin Zayd al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Qays bin Mukhallad al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Kaysān, mawlā Banī ‘Adī bin an-Najjār al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Mīm

1. Mālik bin Iyās al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Mālik bin Khalaf al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Mālik bin Sinān al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Mālik bin Numaylah al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
5. al-Mujadhdhar bin Ziyād al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
6. Mus‘ab bin ‘Umayr al-Badrī al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Nūn (wa) Wāw (wa) Yā’

1. Nu‘mān bin Khalaf al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Nu‘mān bin ‘Abdi ‘Amr al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Nu‘mān bin Mālik al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Nawfal bin ‘Abdillāh al-Badrī al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

5. Wahb bin Qābūs al-Muhājirī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
6. Yazīd bin Hātib al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
7. Yazīd bin as-Sakan al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
8. Yasār mawlā Abi’l Haytham bin at-Tayyihān al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Al-Kunā

1. Abū Ayman, mawlā ‘Amr bin al-Jamūh al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
2. Abū Habbah bin ‘Amr bin Thābit al-Badrī al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
3. Abū Sufyān bin al-Hārith al-Awsī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu
4. Abū Hubayrah bin al-Hārith al-Khazrajī, Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu

Wallāhu a‘lam (Allāh knows best).
Al-Fātiha!

References

  1. ‘Izzuddīn ibn Athīr Abi’l Hasan ‘Alī bin Muhammad al-Jazarī (555-630 A.H), Usdu’l Ghābah Fī Ma‘rifati’s Sahābah (Learning About The Companions, Lions in a Forest), Dār u’l Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1415/1994.

    He gives the biographies of about 6700 sahāba and about 1000 sahābiyāt, that is the male and female Companions of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam, in alphabetical order. He indicates the sources, and gives details about the slight variations in reporting the full names of some of the Companions in the different sources. A study of this reveals that about half of the Muslim martyrs of the Battle of Uhud (3 A.H, 625 C.E) were al-Badrī as well, that is, those who had earlier participated in the Battle of Badr in 2 A.H, 624 C.E against non-believers.

  2. As-Sayyid Imām Ja‘far bin Hasan bin ‘Abdul Karīm al-Barzanjī (1690-1766 C.E), Asmā’ Shuhadā’ Uhud Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum (The Names of the Martyrs of Uhud), in Mukhkhul ‘Ibāda (The Kernel of Worship), compiled by al-Habīb as-Sayyid ‘AbdAllāh bin Mustafā bin Hasan al-Aydarūs, n.d, p. 493-496.

    This is a Tawassul Shuhadā’ Uhud, that is, a supplication to Allāh through the means of the martyrs of Uhud. It is a rāiyya, a poem all of whose 30 verses end and rhyme in the letter rā. It contains only the first names of the Companions.

  3. Shaykh Mustafā Rushdī bin Ismā‘īl ad-Dimashqī, Asmā’ Shuhadā’ Uhud Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum (The Names of the Martyrs of Uhud), in Jabr u’l Kasr (Mending The Broken), Maktaba Ishā‘ah al-Islām, Delhi, n.d, p.23-24.

    This is a Tawassul Shuhadā’ Uhud. It is a rāiyya, a poem all of whose 24 verses end and rhyme in the letter rā’. It contains only the first names of the Companions in alphabetical order but indicates as well whether they are the Muhājirīn, that is the Emigrants from Makka, or the Ansār, that is, the Helpers from Madīna, and among the Ansār, whether they belong to or allied with the two major tribes of Aws, hence called Awsī, or Khazraj, hence called Khazrajī. He composed the Tawassul in 1308 A.H.

  4. Shaykh ‘AbdurRahmān Chohravi, Majmū‘a Salāwāt i’r Rasūl (A Compendium of Blessings on Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), Anjuman Rahmāniyya, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1982. Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahmān Chohravi passed away in 1342 A.H.

    Part of Juz 30, p. 24-25 contain the salawāt woven together with the names of the martyrs of the Battle of Uhud in alphabetical order.

  5. Al-Hājj Muhammad bin Nāsir bin ‘AbdAllāh al-Qādirī ash-Shāfi‘ī, Hidāya lis-Sālik wa Najāh li’l Hālik fi’t Tawassul bi Ahli Badr wa Shuhadā’ Uhud (Guidance For Spiritual Travellers and Salvation For The Doomed), Jumu‘iyya Zāwiyatul Qādiriyya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1385/1965, p. 40-46.

    This is a Tawassul Ahl Badr as well as Shuhadā’ Uhud in prose. It gives the first names of the Companions in alphabetical order, indicating whether they are the Muhājirīn or the Ansār, and among the Ansār, whether they belong to or are allied with the tribe of Aws or Khazraj.

It is generally agreed among Muslim historian that seventy Muslims were martyred in the Battle of Uhud. Even so, Imām al-Barzanjī has the names of 103 Companions whom he considers to have been martyred, Shaykh Mustafā Rushdī ad-Dimashqī and al-Hājj Muhammad bin Nāsir al-Qādirī ash-Shāfi‘ī have 101 and Shaykh ‘Abdur Rahmān Chohravi has 86. One reason why the list is greater than 70 is that in some instances, Muslim historians and the ‘ulamā (the learned) are not absolutely sure from the evidence they have collected whether a particular Companion was actually martyred at Uhud or not. So, perhaps they have decided to err in including the name rather to err in leaving it out.

Wallāhu a‘lam (Allāh knows best).

Siddīq Osmān Noormuhammad
Toronto, Canada.
Shawwal 1424/December 2003.

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