Amr ibn Abd al-Wud

Amr ibn Abd al-Wud (or Amr bin Abdu Wud or ʻAmr ibn ʻAbdī l-Widd al-ʻAmrī) was a champion of Quraish, killed by Ali in the Battle of the Trench.[1][2]

He was given the title of the victor of Yalyal(Yalyal `Amr ibn `Abd-Wudd)[3] because once he was with a caravan going to Shaam when they reached Yalyal, one thousand robbers attacked and Amr bin Abde Wudd faced and drove them alone by holding a young camel as a shield. According to Muhammad baqir, when he issued a duel challenge in the battle of Khandaq against muslim, they came behind the Prophet.[4]

then Ali ibn Abi Talib Stood forward accepting the challenge. Amr was lost the Duel and killed afterward[5]

after the battle, when Amr’s sister heard that the killer of her brother did not remove anything from the body of her brother, she said, “His killer is definitely a noble person with high moral values!” When people said that it was `Ali Ibn Abi-Talib (a.s) she recited the following couplets:

If `Amr’s killer was anyone other than `Ali, I would have cried for him forever But his killer is he who has no faults And his father is known as chief of Makkah.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swordofallah.com/html/bookchapter4page8.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.erfan.ir/article/article.php?id=7122
  3. ↑ Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah by Ibn Abi’l-Hadīd, Vol 4, Page 344
  4. ↑ http://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol-2-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/battle-khandaq
  5. ↑ http://www.al-islam.org/hayat-al-qulub-vol-2-allamah-muhammad-baqir-al-majlisi/battle-khandaq
  6. ↑ Amali al-Murtadha, vol. 2 p. 7-8