- Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt
Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt ( _ar. عقبة بن أبو معيط) (d. 624) was a member of the
Quraish tribe.He had two children, both becoming Muslims:
Walid ibn Uqba andUmm Kulthum binte Uqba .Uqba constantly ridiculed
Muhammad when the latter was preaching inMecca . On one occasion, Uqba spat on Muhammad's face at the incitement of his friendUbay ibn Khalaf . and then both died in (624). According to theIslam ic tradition, the Quranic verse Quran-usc|25|29 was revealed at that moment to Muhammad regarding Uqba and Ubay. [Ibn Ishaq ,Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad),A. Guillaume , tr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), pp. 164–165.]When Uqba was taken prisoner in the
Battle of Badr , Muhammad ordered him executed. Ibn Ishaq relates: "When the apostle ordered him to be killed Uqba said, ‘But who will look after my children, O Muhammad?’ ‘Hell,’ he said." [Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad), A. Guillaume, tr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), p. 308.]References
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Non-Muslims who interacted with Muslims during Muhammad's era
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