Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Al-Fuls)

The Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib, against the Banu Tai tribe, took place in August 630 AD, 9AH, second month, of the Islamic Calendar.

Quotes

• The Messenger of God sent “Ali with a hundred and fifty men on a hundred camels and fifty horses. Only the Ansār, and that included the Aws and the Khazraj, participated in the raid. They went along side the horses and took turns on the camels until they attacked the tribes of the Bedouin. He inquired about the region of the families of Halam, then he alighted upon them. Then they raided them with the dawn. They took prisoners until their hands were full, and cattle and sheep. They attacked al-Fuls, the idol of the Ṭayyi and destroyed it.
  • Al-Wāqidī’s Kitāb al-Maghāzī, edited by Rizwi Faizer, p.482

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Expedition of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Al-Fuls) on Wikipedia