(Friday Sermon - July 19, 2019 )

Background, Participation in Battles and Martyrdom

Hazrat Nu‘man bin Asr^(ra) belonged to the Ansar tribe of Balli and was a confederate of the tribe of Banu Muawiyyah. He was also called Laqeet bin Asr. Similarly, he was also known as Nu‘man bin Balwi. Hazrat Nu‘man^(ra) bin Asr participated alongside the Holy Prophet^(sa) in the Bai‘at-e-Aqabah, the Battle of Badr as well as all other battles. He was martyred during the battle of Yamama and according to some, Hazrat Nu‘man^(ra) was the individual who was martyred by Tulaihah during the battle with the apostates, after the demise of the Holy Prophet^(sa). (Al-Sirat Al-Nabwai Li Ibn Hisham, pp. 466 – 467, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2001) (Usdul Ghaba Fi Marifat Al-Sahaba, Vol. 5, p. 318, Nasr, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, 2008) (Al-Isaba Fi Tamyeez Al-Sahaba, Vol. 5, p. 510, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2005)