Yawm al-Buath

<h2 id="time-period">Time period</h2>
The events of this battle are dated to around the 610–620s within the 7th century CE.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> This would also be consistent with the narrative that the battle occurred during the <a href="/facts/Muhammad%2527s_first_revelation/5ShYXfax">arrival of prophethood of Muhammad</a>, and ended not too long before Muhammad arrived to Medina during the <a href="/facts/Hijrah/xQdbr0JY">Hijrah</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a>

<h2 id="background">Background</h2>
The Aws and Khazraj tribes were known for their many armed rivalries throughout history.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> As the Aws were preparing for yet another war, they pleaded with the Jewish tribes of Qurayza and Nadir to assist them; the Jews were reluctant at first because the Khazraj had threatened to take their children hostage if they assisted the Aws.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> However, a tribal chief of Khazraj by the name of 'Amr ibn Nu'man al-Bayadi soon kidnapped hostages from the Jewish tribes and subsequently killed them when the Jews did not agree to give away a portion of their properties to the Khazraj.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> Angered, the Jewish tribes would bitterly support the Aws in this war.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>

<h2 id="course-of-conflict">Course of conflict</h2>
<h3>Preparations</h3>
The Aws put all of their efforts into gathering external support from other Arabian tribes, which was successful with the <a href="/facts/Ghassanids/mwXBbtnP">Ghassanids</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> The Khazraj were unable to gain external support, so the whole group of Khazraj tribes, their branches included, were required to fight in the battle.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h3>Day of Bu'ath</h3>
This day, known as the Day of Bu'ath, was when the actual battle itself occurred.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> Both armies met at a place known as Bu'ath, where they began the fighting. The Aws were losing at first; but then their chief, Hudayr al-Kata'ib ibn Simak al-Ashhali, shouted out to the Aws and reminded them of the evils and injustice done by the Khazraj towards their tribe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a> The Aws, motivated by this, persisted in their fight and then managed to kill a large number of Khazraji tribal warriors including 'Amr ibn Nu'man al-Bayadi. The Khazraj were ultimately defeated by the sudden reversal of power and then sounded the retreat.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a>

<h2 id="aftermath">Aftermath</h2>
<h3>Peace talks</h3>
Tired of fighting, the Aws and Khazraj elected '<a href="/facts/Abd_Allah_ibn_Ubayy/TYpBeRYx">Abd Allah ibn Ubayy</a> as a ruler over Medina that ensured peace between both tribes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a> However, the arrival of the Islamic prophet Muhammad would lead to 'Abd Allah losing prominence in Medina.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a>

<h3>Arrival of Muhammad</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Hijrah/xQdbr0JY">Hijrah</a>
Muhammad arrived in Medina in 622<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a> accompanied by his followers, the early Muslims, which included <a href="/facts/Abu_Bakr/oIJ8E4fm">Abu Bakr</a>, <a href="/facts/Umar_ibn_al-Khattab/cIfqERQW">Umar ibn al-Khattab</a>, and <a href="/facts/Bilal_ibn_Rabah/DGbWk2tT">Bilal</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> Both the tribes of Aws and Khazraj would engage in conversations with Muhammad; resulting in their conversion to Islam.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a> They were then united as the Muslim <a href="/facts/Ansar_(Islam)/2nrVBb9V">Ansar</a> unit, which fought alongside the <a href="/facts/Muhajirun/Spke0QVC">Muhajirun</a> unit against the <a href="/facts/Quraysh/pzkoyCK8">Quraysh</a> polytheist warriors in the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Badr/gFzq2WWU">Battle of Badr</a> in 624.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Basus_War/2QeqsDHf">Basus War</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Battle_of_Badr/gFzq2WWU">Battle of Badr</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Battle_of_Uhud/uQCf8Kht">Battle of Uhud</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">"Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)". referenceworks. Retrieved 2024-09-09. <a href="https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/eieo" target="_blank">https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/eieo</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 3846". <a href="https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3846" target="_blank">https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3846</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (2010). Kitab al-Aghani. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sadr. ISBN 978-9953130453. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">Barru, Taufique (2001). Tarikh al-'Arab al-Qadim (2nd ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al Fikr. <a href="https://shamela.ws/book/11084" target="_blank">https://shamela.ws/book/11084</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">Ibn Sa'd (1998). Kitab Tabaqat al-Kubra [The Book of Major Classes]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">Ibn Sa'd (1998). Kitab Tabaqat al-Kubra [The Book of Major Classes]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:24">The day of Hijrah is dated to 622 CE by modern academics. <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:25">Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:26">Ibn Sa'd (1998). Kitab Tabaqat al-Kubra [The Book of Major Classes]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:27">Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. ISBN 978-9960899558 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:28">Ibn Sa'd (1998). Kitab Tabaqat al-Kubra [The Book of Major Classes]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:29">Ibn Hisham (2008). The Prophetic Biography: Sirah of Ibn Hisham. Dar Al Kutub Al Ilmiyah. ISBN 9782745178114 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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