Banu Jadhimah

Banu Jadhimah (Arabic: بنو جذيمة) was one of the Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad.

In the year 8 of the Hijrah, Khalid ibn Walid was dispatched by Muhammad to invite the Banu Jadhima to Islam.^[1][2]

According to historian Ibn Ishaq, Khalid had persuaded the Jadhima tribesmen to disarm and embrace Islam, which he followed up by executing a number of the tribesmen in revenge for the Jadhima's slaying of his uncle Fakih ibn al-Mughira dating to before Khalid's conversion to Islam. In the narrative of historian Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and modern scholar Taha Karaan, Khalid asked the tribesmen to accept Islam, they responded by saying, “saba’na, saba’na,” a phrase that literally means “We have become Sabeans,” but which had come to be understood as a general declaration of changing one's religion. However, Khalid misunderstood this response, viewing it as a rejection or denigration of Islam due to his unfamiliarity with the Jadhima's accent. As a result, he ordered their execution. Muhammad declared himself innocent of Khalid's action but did not discharge or punish him and he still gave Khalid command over other expeditions as well.^[3][4]

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