Imam Ali b. Abi Talib (a): Difference between revisions

This battle took place in 8 AH, and Ali (a) was a flagbearer in it.<ref>Ayati. ''Tarikh-i payambar-i Islam'', p. 481</ref> During the battle, the polytheists conducted a sudden raid, and most of the Muslims fled to save their lives. Only Ali (a) and a few others remained and defended the Prophet (s).  

After the conquest of Mecca and the victory in the Battle of Hunayn in 8 AH, Prophet Muhammad (a) decided to expand his mission. He sent Muʿadh b. Jabal to Yemen, but Muʿadh was not completely successful. Then, the Prophet (s) sent Khalid b. Walid, who did not succeed either and thus returned to Medina after six months. Afterwards, the Prophet (s) sent Ali (a) to Yemen with a letter which he wrote for the Yemenites. Ali (a) read the Prophet’s (s) letter for the people and called them to Islam. As a result of Ali’s (a) efforts, the tribe of Hamdan embraced Islam. Ali (a) informed the Prophet (s) of Hamdan’s conversion; the news made the Prophet (s) happy, and he prayed for the Hamdanids. In some sources, a conflict is reported between Ali (a) and the tribe of Midhhaj. According to these reports, Ali (a) went to their land and called them to Islam. They rejected him, and a battle broke out, in which Midhhaj was defeated. Ali (a) collected the spoils of the battle and delivered them together with the zakat of the people of Najran to the Prophet (s) during the Farewell Pilgrimage. The Prophet (s) also appointed Ali (a) as a judge in Yemen and prayed for him to have sound judgments. Instances of these judgments are reported in historical sources.