Ikrimah ibn Abi-Jahl

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Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl was an important early Muslim leader and companion of Muhammad. The son of Abu Jahl, Ikrimah was at first one of the chief Meccan opponents to Muhammad.

Some sources state that he was ordered to be executed at the Conquest of Mecca ^[1].

However, after Muhammad's conquest of Mecca in 630, Ikrimah became a convert to Islam and an important civil and military leader in the early Islamic state. Abu Bakr sent Ikrimah against Musaylimah, the Liar, in Yamamah. Ikrimah was the husband of Umm Hakim. He died as a martyr at the battle of Yarmuk during the conquest of Syria.

[edit] See also

• Ikrimah (name)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/profile_story.asp?service_id=953
• Extract from "Companions of The Prophet", Vol.1 by Abdul Wahid Hamid (via University of Missouri).
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• http://www.as-sahwah.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=644&