| Saint Talhah | |
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| Blessed Companion | |
| Born | c. 595 C.E. Mecca |
| Died | c. 656 C.E. |
| Honored in | Islam |
| Influences | Muhammad |
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Talha or Talha, son of Obaidullah (Arabic: طلحة بن عبيدالله) (died 656) was one of the first eight persons to embrace Islam and a devoted disciple and companion of Muhammad, best known for his roles in the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Camel.
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Talha ibn Ubaydullah was a cousin of Abu Bakr. 'Amr bin Ka'b was the great grandfather of both of them. [1], so all of them were from the Banu Tamim clan [2].
Talha's Mother As-Sa'bah bint Abdullah bin Abbad bin Malik, the sister of Al-'Ala' bin Al-Hadrami accepted Islam. Among his wives was Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr[3] and Su'da bint 'Awf Al-Murriyyah. He had sons two of which were named Imran [4] and Musa and two sons named Zakariyyah and Yusuf who died in infancy.[5] Subayhah and Aishah who were from among the daughters of Talha and would notably receive 10,000 to 30,000 dirham every year from their father.[6] Umm Ishaq bint Talhah has also been mentioned as a daughter of Talha[7]
He was also extremely rich and known to be full of munificence (generous). According to al-Masudi, he made 1,000 dinars a day from his business ventures in Iraq, and his income from the region of ash-Sharah was more than that. [8] He also owned lots of real estate in Medina, and had many servants. [9]
Assuming he died at 64 years old, he was born in 597.
The prophet Muhammad, in a Hadith accepted by Sunni Muslims, specified ten of his companions who were promised paradise. Those companions named in this Hadith are referred to by Sunnis as The Ten Promised Paradise (Arabic: العشرة المبشرون بالجنة; al-`Ashara al-Mubasharîn bi-l-Janna). The authenticity of this Hadith is rejected by Shia Muslims. Talha was one of the Ten Promised Paradise. [10]
He had a son named Muhammad ibn Talha from a marriage with Hammanah bint Jahsh, the sister of Zaynab bint Jahsh. He also died at the battle of the Camel.[1].
From his marriage to Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr, he had three children [1]:
He also had a daughter named Umm Ishaq bint Talhah who married Hasan ibn Ali and had a son named Talha ibn Hasan.[1]
After Hasan died, Umm Ishaq married Husayn ibn Ali and had a daughter named Fatimah bint Husayn.[1]
Talha also has been found to narrate Hadith from Muhammad one such narration is: Talha ibne-'Ubaidulläh narrâtes that Muhammad said: "Indeed, I know a Kalimah which if recited by a dying man, will be a means of solace for his departing soul and will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection" (this Kalimah is La ilaha illallah)[11]
Sunnis regard him as one of the ten who were promised paradise during their lifetimes by Muhammad.
Shi'a have ambivalent view of him. On one side, he was a great defender of early Islam, fighting side by side with Muhammad and Ali. On the other side, he contested Ali's leadership and then broke his oath of allegiance to Ali.
Ali Asgher Razwy, a 20th century Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar states:
| “ | Umar, on his deathbed, had appointed six Muhajireen as members of a panel which was to choose one out of themselves as the future khalifa of the Muslims. They were Ali ibn Abi Talib, Uthman, Talha, Zubayr, Abdur Rahman bin Auf and Saad bin Abi Waqqas. Except Ali, all other members of the panel were capitalists, or rather, neo-capitalists. When they came from Makkah, they were penniless and homeless but within twelve years, i.e., from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the death of Umar in 644, each of them, except Ali, had become rich like Croesus. Between these two dates, they had accumulated immense wealth, and had become the richest men of their times.
Ali did not qualify as a member of this exclusive "club" but Umar admitted him anyway. Apart from the fact that Ali made his living as a gardener whereas his other five co-members lived on the revenues of their lands and estates, there was another gulf, even more unbridgeable, that separated him from them. In character, personality, temperament, attitudes, philosophy and outlook on life, Ali and the rest of them were the antithesis of each other.[12] |
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