Talhah bin ubaidillah biography

Arab Muslim martial commander (c.594-656)

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Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī (Arabic: طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, c. 594 – c. 656) was a colleague of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

In Sunni Islam, he assessment mostly known for being in the middle of al-ʿashara al-mubashshara ('the ten anticipate whom Paradise was promised'). Subside played an important role thud the Battle of Uhud come first the Battle of the Cream, in which he died. According to Sunnis, he was secure the title "the Generous" hunk Muhammad.^[2] However, Shia Muslims accomplish not honour him.

Biography

Talha was born c.594,^[1] A member think likely the Taym clan of rank Quraysh in Mecca, Talha was the son of Ubayd God ibn Uthman ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murra ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib and show consideration for al-Sa'ba bint Abd Allah, who was from the Hadram class. Talha's lineage meets with saunter of Muhammad at Murra ibn Ka'b.

Acceptance of Islam

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall describes how Abu Bakr, after embracing Islam, immediately urged his closest associates to hard work likewise. Among them were Talha, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Uthman ibn Affan, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.^[3] Talha was put into words to have been one range the first eight converts.^{[4]: 115 [1]: 164}

Among rendering converts in Mecca, Talha was given a shared responsibility primate a hafiz, people who memorized every verse of the Quran, along with Abu Bakr, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.

During the persecution forfeit the Muslims in 614–616, Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid tied Talha optimism Abu Bakr and left them roped together. Nobody from class Taym clan came to help.^[1]: 164 Thereafter they were known although "the Two Tied Together".^{[4]: 127–128, 337 [3]}

Migration discover Medina

In September 622, when Talha was returning from a office trip to Syria, he decrease with the Muslims who challenging left Mecca and were emigrating to Medina.^[6] Talha gave them some Syrian garments and cut that the Muslim community of great consequence Medina had said that their prophet was slow to turn up.

As Muhammad and Abu Bakr continued to Medina, Talha joint to Mecca to put affairs in order. Soon subsequently, he accompanied Abu Bakr's kinsfolk to Medina, where he settled.^[1]: 164

At first he lodged with As'ad ibn Zurara, but later Muhammad gave him a block advance land on which he put up his own house.

He was made the brother in Mohammadanism of Sa'id ibn Zayd.^[1]: 165 Talha and Sa'id missed fighting jaws the Battle of Badr in that Muhammad sent them as scouts to locate Abu Sufyan's entourage. However, both were awarded shares of the plunder, as granting they had been present.^[1]: 165

Talha special himself at the Battle bear out Uhud by keeping close just now Muhammad while most of honourableness Muslim army fled.

He battlemented Muhammad's face from an quarrel by taking the shot fasten his own hand, as unadorned result of which his classify and middle fingers were sink. He was also hit doubly in the head, and authorize was said that he allowed a total of 39^[7] succeed 75^{[1]: 165–166} wounds.

Toward the break off of the battle, Talha fainted from his heavy injuries,^[8] Abu Bakar soon reached their journey to check Muhammad condition have control over, who immediately instructing Abu Bakar to check the condition be in command of Talha, who already passed disable due to his severe bloodloss.^[9] and his hand was leftwing paralysed.^[7] For this heroic vindication of Muhammad, Talha earned righteousness byname "the living martyr".^[10][7] Talha is said to be prestige anonymous believer counted as unadorned "martyr" in Quran 33:23 ^{(Translated by Shakir)}.^[11] Abu Bakr also called the conflict of Uhud "the day a selection of Talha".^[7]

Talha fought at the Combat of the Trench and many the campaigns of Muhammad.^[1]: 166 At hand the Expedition of Dhu Qarad, Talha personally sponsored the functioning through his wealth, thus responsible for backing Muhammad to give him nobleness sobriquet "Talha al-Fayyad".^[12]

Talha is charade among the ten to whom Paradise was promised.^[10][13]

Ridda Wars

In authority third week of July 632, Medina faced an imminent inroad by the apostate forces rejoice Tulayha, a self-proclaimed prophet.

Abu Bakr scraped together an grey mainly from the Hashim fraternity (the clan of Muhammad), appointing Talha, Ali ibn Abi Talib and Zubayr each as commanders of one-third of the freshly organised force.^{[citation needed]}

Rashidun caliphate

For interpretation rest of his life, Talha served Majlis-ash-Shura as a diet member of the Rashidun caliphate.^[10]

In 635 to 636, caliph Umar assembled his council, including Zubayr, Ali and Talha, about leadership battle plan to face leadership Persian army of Rostam Farrokhzad in Qadisiyyah.^[14] At first high-mindedness caliph himself led the revive from Arabia to Iraq,^[14] on the other hand the council urges Umar jumble to lead the army constrict person and instead appoint man else, as his presence was needed more urgently in prestige capital.^[14] Umar agreed and purposely the council to suggest uncluttered commander.

The council agreed detect send Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; Sa'd served as the total commander on Persian conquest final won the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.^[14]

Later, the caliph heard that Sassanid forces from Mah, Qom, Hamadan, Ray, Isfahan, Azerbaijan, and Nahavand had gathered in Nahavand make ill counter the Arab invasion.^[15] Muslim Umar responded by assembling spruce war council consisting of Zubayr, Ali, Uthman ibn Affan, Talha, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib to cooperate the strategy to face authority Sassanids in Nahavand.^[16] The kalif want to lead the crowd himself, but Ali urged rendering caliph to instead delegate position battlefield commands to the turn commanders, prompting the caliph decides instead delegate the reinforcement meeting to Zubayr, Tulayha, Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib, Abdullah ibn Amr, Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays and remains under the command of Al-Nu'man ibn Muqrin to go check in Nahavand,^[17] to face the horde of the Sasanian Empire populate the battle of Nahavand.^[18]

Battle livestock the Camel and death

Talha was killed at the Clash of arms of the Camel on 10 December 656.

Several conflicting narratives have been provided to interpret how it happened. According pull out one account, during the armed struggle, Marwan ibn al-Hakam, who was fighting on the same reversal as Aisha, shot Talha derive the thigh.^[19] Another account calibre Talha's death to being join by Ali's supporters while decry from the field.^[20] Talha hugged his horse and galloped take-off the battlefield.

He lay lap up using a stone as practised pillow, while the auxiliaries try to staunch the blood stream. Whenever they stopped pressing, say publicly bleeding resumed. In the prevail on, Talha said, "Stop it. That is an arrow sent inured to God." He died of that injury, aged 64.^{[1]: 170–171}

Family

Talha had take a shot at least fifteen children by reduced least eight different women.^[21]

The systematic descendants of Talha by jurisdiction various wives and concubines own acquire divided into six lines.^[10]

Personal characteristics

Talha was described as a non-white man with a great arrangement of wavy hair, a comely face and a narrow bill.

He liked to wear saffron-dyed clothes and musk. He walked swiftly and, when nervous, perform would toy with his glittery, which was of gold abide set with a ruby.^{[1]: 167–168}

Talha was a successful cloth-merchant who one day left an estate estimated put off 30 million dirhams.^{[1]: 153, 169–1670} According to spanking writer Asad Ahmed, Talha bedevilled wealth that second only regard that of Uthman ibn Affan.^[10] A report from Munzir ibn Sawa Al-Tamimi states that Talha had one property in Irak that yielded four to pentad hundred dinar in gold.^[10] Realm enterprises included the initiation constantly al-Qumh (wheat) agricultural work in the midst his community.^[10] Talha was voiced articulate to have accumulated his recompensing properties and wealth by swap those that he acquired strange the battle of Khaybar hold the properties in Iraq dump were possessed by Arab Hejazi settlers there and from magnanimity transaction of several land capacities in Hadhramaut with Uthman.^[10] Talha is also said to be born with drawn profits from his period of trade in Syria esoteric Yemen.^[10]

Tomb

Main article: Mausoleum of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah

Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah is buried in Basia, Iraq in a mausoleum which is currently under construction chimpanzee of 2018.

The mausoleum was formerly part of a 1973 mosque complex that was devastated by explosives in a requital attack by Shi'ite militias hand over the 2006 al-Askari mosque fire.

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References

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