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The '''Battle of Mu'ta''' (Arabic:{{iarabic|غزوة مؤتة}}) was one of the major [[Sariyya]]s (military expeditions) in the early Islamic period in [[8]]/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]].

Mu'ta is a village of the villages of Balqa' on the boundaries of [[Syria]]. Today it is located in Province Mu'ab.

Then the Prophet (s) accompanied the Army of Islam to [[Thaniyyat al-Wada']]; he then stayed there and the army stood around him. The Prophet (s) told them: "Depart in the name of God and fight the enemy of God and your enemy in [[Syria]]. You will see people who worship God in their monasteries; do not encroach upon them, and you will see people whose heads are [[Satan]]'s nests; decapitate their heads with swords… Never kill women, children and the elderly; never set palm groves to fire; never cut trees, and never destroy houses".

After [['Abd Allah b. Rawaha]] bid farewell to the [[Prophet (s)]], he told him: "O' the messenger of God, please give me a piece of advice so that I can remember it all the time". The Prophet (s) told him: "You will soon enter a land where God little be worshipped, so try to perform more sajda (it means do more salat and worship)", and then the Prophet (s) said nothing. 'Abd Allah asked him to say more; the Prophet (s) said: "remember [[God]] all the time; He helps you in whatever you want". 'Abd Allah went away, but he returned again and said: "O' the Prophet, God is odd (in number) and he loves the odd numbers! So please add another piece of advice to get an odd number of it!" The Prophet (s) said: "O' the son of Rawaha! If you fail to do anything, do not fail to do at least one good deed in case you have done ten bad deeds". 'Abd Allah b. Rawaha said: "I do not ask you anything more", and then he left.

The Battle of Mu'ta was an operation by Muslims in order to identity the fighting styles of the Roman armies and their allies, and the information that Muslims gained from this battle was very helpful in their future wars. Thus the loss of this battle for Muslims is nothing in comparison with their gains. They were successful in the identification of the fighting styles, organizations and the warfare of Roman armies and their allies, which was key to the Muslims' victories in their future battles.

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* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/جنگ_موته جنگ موته] in Farsi Wikishia.

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