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Dihyah al-Kalbi

Messenger for Mohammed

Summary

Messenger for Mohammed

Field	Value
name	Dihyah bin Khalifah al-Kalbi
native_name	دِحْيَة بْن خَلِيفَة ٱلْكَلْبِيّ
native_name_lang	ar
image	Gori Mori 124.jpg
caption	Maqam of Nabi Dahi, dedicated to Dihyah al-Kalbi at Givat HaMoreh

Dihya ibn Khalifa al-Kalbi (, Diḥya al-Kalbī), sometimes spelled Dahyah, was the envoy who delivered the Islamic prophet Muhammad's message to the Roman Emperor Heraclius.

According to Muhammad's wife 'Aisha, he saw Jibril twice “in the form that he was created” and on other occasions as a man resembling Dihya ibn Khalifa al-Kalbi, an extraordinarily handsome disciple of Muhammad.

Two similar narrations have been recorded through Abu Uthman in Sahih al-Bukhari that reports an incident witnessed by Muhammad's wife Umm Salama:

Abu 'Uthman
'Usama ibn Zayd]]

Abu 'Uthman

Expedition of Zaid ibn Harithah (Hisma)

Main article: List of battles of Muhammad

He was attacked during the Expedition of Zayd ibn Harithah (Hisma) Dihya approached the Banu Dubayb (a tribe that converted to Islam and had good relations with Muslims) for help. When the news reached Muhammad, he immediately dispatched Zayd ibn Harithah with 500 men to punish them. The Muslim army fought with Banu Judham, killed several of them (inflicting heavy casualties), including their chief, Al-Hunayd ibn Arid and his son, and captured 1000 camels, 5000 of their cattle, and 100 women and boys. The chief of the Banu Judham who had embraced Islam appealed to Muhammad to release his fellow tribesmen, and Muhammad released them.

Death

Kalbi died in Mezzeh, Damascus and was buried there.

References

"Chapter 42: The Events of the Seventh Year of Migration".
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Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman Al. (February 2024). "The Sealed Nectar". Darussalam Publications.
Watt, W. Montgomery. (1956). "Muhammad at Medina". Oxford University Press.
"Dihya al-Kalbi (sahabi d. 45 H. in Damascus)".

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