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==Honors==
==Honors==
Aws and Khazraj were famous for their bravery. Each one had important poets; among Aws, Qays b. Khatim, known as "the tongue of Aws", and Abu Qays b. Aslat are famous. [[Hassan b. Thabit]], whose eulogy about the [[Prophet (s)]] is famous, and Ka'b b. Malik are from Khazraj.
Aws and Khazraj were famous for their bravery.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿAqd al-farīd'', vol. 2, p. 192-193; Balādhurī, ''Futūḥ al-buldān'', p. 17.</ref> Each one had important poets; among Aws, Qays b. Khatim, known as "the tongue of Aws", and Abu Qays b. Aslat are famous.<ref>Jawād ʿAlī, ''al-Mufaṣṣal fī tārīkh'', vol. 1, p. 475; Iṣfahānī, ''al-ʾAghānī'', vol. 2, p. 159.</ref> [[Hassan b. Thabit]], whose eulogy about the [[Prophet (s)]] is famous, and Ka'b b. Malik are from Khazraj.<ref>Dhahabī, ''Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 512; Jawād ʿAlī, ''al-Mufaṣṣal fī tārīkh'', vol. 9, p. 654.</ref>


Some of great [[companions of the Prophet (s)|Companions]] of the Prophet (s) were from the two tribes. From Aws, [[Hanzala b. Abi 'Amir]], [['Asim b. Thabit]], [[Sa'd b. Mu'adh]]; and from Khazraj, [[Zayd b. Thabit]], [[Mu'adh b. Jabal]], and [['Ubay b. Ka'b]] could be noted.
Some of great [[companions of the Prophet (s)|Companions]] of the Prophet (s) were from the two tribes. From Aws, [[Hanzala b. Abi 'Amir]], [['Asim b. Thabit]], [[Sa'd b. Mu'adh]]; and from Khazraj, [[Zayd b. Thabit]], [[Mu'adh b. Jabal]], and [['Ubay b. Ka'b]] could be noted.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, ''al-ʿAqd al-farīd'', vol. 3, p. 331; Jawād ʿAlī, ''al-Mufaṣṣal fī tārīkh'', vol. 4, p. 137.</ref>


It is said that some of [[Qur'anic]] [[verse]]s are revealed about Aws and Khazraj, especially [[Quran 3]]:103 which commands [[believer]]s to be unified and avoid division<ref>Al-Shaykh al-Tusi, Vol.2, PP. 545-6</ref>.
It is said that some of [[Qur'anic]] [[verse]]s are revealed about Aws and Khazraj, especially [[Quran 3]]:103 which commands [[believer]]s to be unified and avoid division<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tibyān'', vol. 2, p. 545-546; Qurtubī, ''al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 4, p. 155; Ṭabarī, ''Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī'', vol. 4, p. 17.</ref>.


Amongst historians, Abu 'Ubayda Mu'ammar b. al-Muthanna, al-Waqidi (d. 207/822), and 'Allan al-Shu'ubi (d. late 2nd/seventh century), wrote books dedicated to Aws and Khazraj, their genealogy, battles, and vices.
Amongst historians, Abu 'Ubayda Mu'ammar b. al-Muthanna, al-Waqidi (d. 207/822), and 'Allan al-Shu'ubi (d. late 2nd/seventh century), wrote books dedicated to Aws and Khazraj, their genealogy, battles, and vices.<ref>Ibn al-Nadīm, ''al-Fihrist'', p. 60, 111, 118.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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