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'''Ṭalḥa b. ʿUbayd Allāh''' (Arabic: {{iarabic|طلحة بن عبیدالله}}) was one of the [[companions]] of [[the Prophet (s)]] and the early Muslims. He was the cousin of [[Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafa]], the First [[Caliph]]. Talha was a gallant warrior in the battles of the early days of [[Islam]] in the army of Muslims. After the demise of the Prophet (s), he cooperated with the early caliphs and helped them in their conquests. He was appointed by the [['Umar b. Khattab|Second Caliph]] in the [[Six-Member Council]] as a candidate for occupying the position of [[caliphate]] after him. He was active in the story of killing [['Uthman b. 'Affan]], the Third Caliph, and encouraged people to kill him. After 'Uthman's murder, Talha pledged his [[allegiance]] with [[Imam Ali (a)]], but he breached his pledge after a while, launching the [[Battle of Jamal]] against Imam Ali (a) with the help of [[Zubayr b. 'Awam|zubayr]], [['Ayisha]], the Prophet (s)'s widow, and some [[Umayyad]]s; they came to be known among [[Shi'a|Shiite]]s as [[Nakithun]]. In this battle, Talha was killed by [[Marwan b. Hakam]] who was in the army of Nakithun.

Abu Muhammad Talha b. 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Uthman b. 'Amr b. Ka'b b. Sa'd b. Taym b. Murra b. Ka'b b. Lu'ayy b. Ghalib al-Qurashi al-Taymi was from the Banu Taym tribe and was born 10 years before [[the Prophet (s)]]'s [[bi'that]] ([[594]]). His mother Su'ba bt. Hadrami was alive in the period of the Prophet (s), and according to some relatives of Talha, she died a Muslim.

His wives were: Humna bt. Jahsh (the Prophet (s)'s cousin who gave birth to Muhammad and 'Imran), Umm Kulthum bt. Abu Bakr (who gave birth to Ya'qub, Isma'il, Zakariyya, and 'Ayisha), Su'da bt. 'Awf (who gave birth to 'Isa and Yahya), Khula bt. Qa'qa' b. Ma'bad b. Zurara b. Ads al-Tamimi (who gave birth to Musa), Umm Harith bt. Qusama from the Tayy tribe (who gave birth to Umm Ishaq), Umm Aban bt. 'Utba b. Rabi'a (who gave birth to Ishaq), and a woman from Taghlibiyya (who gave birth to Salih). Also two of his bind-women, Su'ba and Maryam, gave birth to children.

Talha b. 'Ubayd Allah was persuaded by [[Abu Bakr]] to convert to Islam. According to a different account, Talha was on his way to [[Syria]] (or [[Levant]]) when a monk gave him the news of the imminent emergence of a prophet called Ahmad, son of [['Abd al-Muttalib]]. When Talha returned to [[Mecca]], he and Abu Bakr converted to Islam.

Talha and Abu Bakr were usually tormented in the early days of Islam by Nawfal b. Khuwaylid b. 'Adwiyya or 'Uthman b. 'Ubayd Allah (Talha's brother). Nawfal (or 'Uthman) tied Abu Bakr and Talha to a tree in order to prevent them from saying their [[prayers]].

Talha was among those [[Muhajirun]] who moved to [[Medina]] with their families before the migration of [[the Prophet (s)]]. He resided in the house of Habib b. Asaf from Banu Harath b. Khazraj. On one account, Talha brought two white clothes for the Prophet (s) and Abu Bakr from Syria, which they wore before they entered Medina.

When they were in Mecca, the Prophet (s) made a [[pact of brotherhood]] between Talha and [[Zubayr b. 'Awam]] or [[Sa'id b. Zayd]] or [[Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas]], and when they migrated to Medina, the Prophet (s) made another pact of brotherhood between Talha and [[Ka'b b. Malik]] or [[Abu Ayyub al-Ansari]] or [[Ubayy b. Ka'b]].

People, such as his sons, Yahya, Musa and 'Isa, as well as Qays b. Abu Hazim, [[Ahnaf b. Qays]], Sa'ib b. Yazid, Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi and Abu Silma b. 'Abd al-Rahman, narrated hadiths from him.

==Attendance in the battles of the Prophet (s)==

Talha was not in Medina when the [[Battle of Badr]] occurred, since [[the Prophet (s)]] had sent him and [[Sa'id b. Zayd]] to [[Syria]] in order to get some information, and when he returned from Syria, the Muslims had already returned from Badr. When Talha returned from his travel to Syria, he went to the Prophet (s) and asked him for his share of booties from the battle, and the Prophet (s) gave him a share.

After the defeat of Muslims near the end of the battle and the spread of rumors about the Prophet (s) being killed, Talha and some people from [[Muhajirun]] and [[Ansar]], including [['Umar b. Khattab]], quit fighting. Anas b. Nadr went to them and said: "why are you sitting here?" They replied: "because the Prophet (s) is killed". Anas said: "so go on the path on which the Prophet (s) went and get killed with pride and honor".

Talha said something offensive about the Prophet (s)'s wives that upset the Prophet (s), about which a Quranic verse was revealed. He said: if the Prophet (s) dies, I will marry his wife, [['Ayisha]]. Thus the following verse was revealed:

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