- Khunais ibn Hudhaifa
Khunais ibn Hudhaifa (d
2 AH ) was asahaba (companion) ofMuhammad , from theBanu Sahm of Quraish. [http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=40070 IslamWeb ] ]Biography
He was married to
Hafsa bint Umar . According to Sunni sources::"who was from the tribe of Banu Sahm. He had embraced Islam during the initial days of the dissemination of the Divine message by Allah's Prophet. Hafsa had also accepted Islam along with her husband. Khunaisemigrated to Ethiopia in the 6th year of the Prophethood. A few years before the actual imigration of the Prophet to Madinah, he returned to Makkah and then taking Hafsa with him, also migrated to Madinah.:"Khunais was a brave soldier of Islam. In the 2nd year of Hijra, he fought gallantly in the
Battle of Badr . Then in the 3rd year of Hijra in theBattle of Uhud , he fought against the enemies of Islam, with exceptional courage and chivalry. But he received several wounds in the course of the Battle. He was taken to Madinah in that condition and even after treatment, he did not recover and finally succumbed to his wounds. Hafsa thus was widowed. [http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=40070 IslamWeb ] ] .References
External links
*http://www.quraan.com/index.aspx?tabindex=9&tabid=24&bid=2&cid=60
*http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/woman_man_compare.htm
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