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==What is raya== | ==What is raya== | ||
By the time of the Prophet (s) and afterwards, a leading raya (flag), for the commander in chief, and tens of smaller flags, for the tribes and second commanders, would be given to the troops in a battle, which were carried by the most brave and powerful persons of the tribes and units. This kind of flag was first given to the standard-bearers in the Battle of Khaybar. | By the time of the Prophet (s) and afterwards, a leading raya (flag), for the commander in chief, and tens of smaller flags, for the tribes and second commanders, would be given to the troops in a battle, which were carried by the most brave and powerful persons of the tribes and units.<ref>Al-Tabari,Tarikh, vol.3 p.387</ref> This kind of flag was first given to the standard-bearers in the Battle of Khaybar.<ref>Ibn Sa'd, Al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol.2 p.77</ref> | ||
==The contents of hadith== | ==The contents of hadith== | ||