Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt
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Uqba ibn Abu Mu'ayt (Arabic: عقبة بن أبو معيط) (d. 624) was a member of the Quraish tribe.
He had two children, both becoming Muslims: Walid ibn Uqba and Umm Kulthum binte Uqba.
Uqba constantly ridiculed Muhammad when the latter was preaching in Mecca. On one occasion, Uqba spat on Muhammad's face at the incitement of his friend Ubay ibn Khalaf. and then both died in (624). According to the Islamic tradition, the Quranic verse [Qur'an 25:29] was revealed at that moment to Muhammad regarding Uqba and Ubay.[1]
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." [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad), A. Guillaume, tr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), pp. 164–165.
- ^ Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (The Life of Muhammad), A. Guillaume, tr. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980), p. 308.
