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The '''Battle of Mu'ta''' (Arabic: مؤته) was one of the major [[Sariyya]]s (military expeditions) in the early Islamic period in [[8]]/628-629 between the Islamic army and the Roman army. The commanders of the Islamic army were, respectively, [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]], [[Zayd b. Haritha]], and [['Abd Allah b. Rawaha]], all of whom were martyred in this war. After the [[martyrdom]] of all of their commanders, and because of the greater number of Roman soldiers, Muslims retreated to [[Medina]] under the leadership of [[Khalid b. Walid]].

Al-Waqidi has narrated from Abu Hurayra saying that: "when we encountered the unbelievers in Mu'ta, we saw things that we had never seen before. Their number was very great with a lot of weapons and armaments, animals, silk and gold that were mesmerizing. [[Thabit b. Aqdam]] told me: what is wrong with you, Abu Hurayra? It seems as if you have seen a great number of people. I said: yes. He said: if you were in the [[Battle of Badr]], you could see that we did not win the war by virtue of our number".

There is a [[hadith]] in which [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] says: "When polytheists and Muslims encountered in Mu'ta, [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib]] was on a horse; he got off the horse and then slaughtered it, and he was the first Muslim who slaughtered his horse".