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List of Prophet Muhammad Killings [A] Ordered by Muhammad [B] Supported but not ordered by Muhammad [C] Women and/or children [D] Apostates [E] Reasons including writing or reciting poetry [F] Reasons including "causing offence" [G] Reasons including monetary gain No. 1 2 3 Name 'Asma' bint Marwan Abu 'Afak Al Nadr ibn al-Harith Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources January 624[2] Kill 'Asma' bint Marwan for opposing Muhammad Asma' bint Marwan with poetry and for assassinated[2][5] provoking others to attack him[3][4][2] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[6] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[3] February 624[7] Kill the Jewish poet Abu Afak for opposing Muhammad through poetry[4][6][7][8] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[9] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[10] After Battle of Badr March 624[11] According to Mubarakpuri, Al Nadir was captured during the Battle of Badr. A Qur'an verse was revealed ordering the execution of Nadr bin Harith, he was Nadr bin Harith beheaded by one of two prisoners who Ali[11][12] were executed and not allowed to be ransomed by their clans because he mocked and harassed Muhammad and wrote poems and stories Abu Afak assassinated[7][6][4] • Qur'an 83:13[13] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[13] No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources criticizing him[11][12] 4 5 Uqba bin Abu Muayt Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf After Battle of Badr March 624[11] Uqba bin Abu Muayt was captured in the Battle of Badr and was killed instead of being ransomed, because he Uqba bin Abu Muayt threw dead animal beheaded by Asim ibn Thabbit entrails on Muhammad, or Ali[11][12] and wrapped his garmet around Muhammad's neck while he was praying[11][12] • Sunan Abu Dawud no. 2680 (with commentary from Awnul Mabud 3/12) [14] • Sahih Bukhari 1:9:499 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[15] • Tabari, Volume 9, The last years of the Prophet[16] September 624[17][18][19] According to Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad ordered his followers to kill Ka'b because he "had gone to Mecca after Badr and inveighed against Muhammad. He also composed verses in which Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf he bewailed the victims of assassinated[21] Quraysh who had been killed at Badr. Shortly afterwards he returned to Medina and composed amatory verses of an insulting nature about the Muslim women".[20][21] • Sahih Bukhari 5:59:369, Sahih Muslim 19:4436 No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources December 624[22] Kill Abu Rafi' ibn Abi AlHuqaiq for mocking Muhammad with his poetry and for helping the Abu Rafi assassinated[23][22] troops of the Confederates by providing them with money and supplies[23][22] • Sahih Bukhari 4:52:264, Sahih Bukhari 5:59:370, Sahih Bukhari 5:59:371, Sahih Bukhari 5:59:372 and more[24] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[25] • Tabari, Volume 7, The foundation of the community[26] 625[27] Kill Khalid bin Sufyan, because there were reports he considered an attack on Medina and that he was inciting the people on Nakhla or Uranah to fight Muslims[27][28] • Musnad Ahmad 3:496[29] • Abu Dawud, book 2 no.1244[30] • Ibn Hisham, Sirat Rasul Allah[27] • Tabari, Volume 9, The last years of the Prophet[31] [32] 8 Abu 'Azzah 'Amr bin 'Abd Allah al-Jumahi March 625[33] Behead Abu 'Azzah 'Amr bin 'Abd Allah al-Jumahi because he was a prisoner of War captured Abu 'Azzah beheaded by during the Invasion of Ali[34][35] Hamra al-Asad, that Muhammad released once, but he took up arms against him again[34][35] • Tabari, Volume 7, The foundation of the community[35] 9 Muawiyah bin Al March 625[33] Kill Muawiyah bin Al • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, 6 7 Abu Rafi' ibn Abi AlHuqaiq Khalid ibn Sufyan Khalid ibn Sufyan assassinated[27][28] Muawiyah bin Al Mugheerah No. Name Date Mugheerah 10 Al-Harith bin Suwayd al- March 625[33] Ansari Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Mugheerah, because he was accused by Muhammad of being a spy. He went to Uthman (his cousin) for shelter, and Uthman arranged for captured and executed[34] his return to Mecca, but [37] he stayed too long in Medina. After Muhammad heard he was still in Medina, he ordered his death[34][36] Kill Al-Harith bin Suwayd Al-Harith bin Suwayd because according to beheaded by Uthman[37][38] Islamic tradition, Allah [39] revealed Qur'an 3:86, which indicated that those who reject Islam after accepting it should be put to death. Al-Harith bin Suwayd was a Muslim who fought in the Battle of Uhud and killed some Muslims, he then joined the Quraysh and left Islam. Al-Harith sent his brother to Muhammad for his forgiveness. Muhammad allowed his Notable Primary Sources Sirat Rasul Allah[37] • Qur'an 3:86[38][39] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[37] No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources return but then decided to kill him.[37][38][39] [40] 11 Amr bin Umayyah alDamri sent to assassinate 3 polytheists killed by Abu Sufyan (Quraysh Muslims[42] leader)[42][42] • Tabari, Volume 7, The foundation of the community[43] Abu Sufyan 627[41] 12 Banu Qurayza tribe Attack Banu Qurayza because according to Muslim tradition he had been ordered to do so by the angel Gabriel.[45][46] [47][48][49][50] One of Muhammad's Muslims: 2 killed[45] companions decided that Non-Muslims: "the men should be killed, 1. 600-900 beheaded February–March the property divided, and (Tabari, Ibn Hisham) 627[44] the women and children [45][46][55] taken as captives". 2. All Males and 1 woman Muhammad approved of beheaded the ruling, calling it (Hadith)[56][57] similar to God's judgment,[48][49][51][52] [53] after which all male members of the tribe who had reached puberty were beheaded[46][54] • Qur'an 33:26,[46] Qur'an 33:09 & 33:10[58][59] • Abu Dawud 38:4390 • Sahih Bukhari 4:52:68, Sahih Bukhari 4:57:66 and more • Tabari, Volume 8, Victory of Islam[60] 13 Abdullah ibn Ubayy December • Sahih Bukhari 5:59:462, Kill Abdullah ibn Ubayy, Muhammad calls off No. Name Date 627[41] (during Invasion of Banu Mustaliq[61] ) Al-Yusayr ibn Rizam Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing who was accused by Muhammad of slandering his family by spreading false rumors about Aisha (his wife).[62] His son offered to behead him[63][64] Result Notable Primary Sources assassination and says to Umar "if I had had him (Abdullah bin Ubai) killed, a large number of dignitaries would have furiously hastened to fight for him"[65] Later he reveals a Quran verse forbidding Muslims from attending the funeral of disbelievers and "hypocrites"[66][67] Sahih Bukhari 5:59:462 • Ibn Hisham, Sirat Rasul Allah[65] 30 killed by Muslims[68][69] 14 February 628[41] Kill Al-Yusayr ibn Rizam because Muhammad heard that his group was preparing to attack him[68][69] Muslims: 1 killed Non-Muslims: 8 tortured to death[72][73] 15 Eight men from 'Ukil Kill 8 men who came to him and converted to Islam, but then February 628[41] apostatized, killed one Muslim and drove off with Muhammad's camels[72] Rifa’ah bin Qays 629[75][76] 16 • Tirmidhi no. 3923[70] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[71] To kill Rifa’ah bin Qays, because Muhammad 1 beheaded,[77] 4 women heard they were allegedly captured by Muslims[78] enticing the people of Qais to fight him[76] • Qur'an 5:33-39[72][74] • Sahih Bukhari 1:4:234, Sahih Bukhari 5:59:505, Sahih Bukhari 7:71:623 and more • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[77] • Tabari, Volume 8, History of Islam[78] No. 17 18 19 Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Notable Primary Sources • Sahih Bukhari 5:59:582, Sahih Bukhari 3:29:72 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[83] Abdullah bin Khatal During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79][80] [81] Fartana Kill Fartana (a slave girl of During/after Abdullah ibn Khatal), Conquest of because she used to Fartana is killed[79][81][84] Mecca recite poems insulting (Jan 630)[79][84] Muhammad[79][81] • Abu Dawud 14:2678 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[85] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[83] Quraybah During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Quraybah (a slave girl of Abdullah ibn Khatal), Quraybah converts to Islam because she used to and is pardoned[79][83] recite poems insulting Muhammad[79] • Abu Dawud 14:2678 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[85] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[83] During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] When Muhammad's daughters were fleeing Medina, he stabbed their Huwayrith ibn Nafidh camels, causing injuries. killed[81][86] by Ali[79] He was a poet who "disgraced and abused" Islam[79][81][86] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] 20 Huwayrith ibn Nafidh 21 Miqyas ibn Subabah During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Abdullah bin Khatal for killing a slave and fleeing, as well and for reciting poems insulting Muhammad[79][80][81] Result 2 Muslims execute him, after finding him hiding under the curtains of the Ka'aba[79][80] [81] Miqyas killed a Muslim Miqyas killed[79][81][86] who accidentally killed his brother, and escaped to Mecca and became an apostate by embracing • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources polytheism[79][81][82] [86] 22 Sarah During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Conflicting reports: 1. Ibn Ishaq reports that Kill Sarah, because she embraced Islam Muhammad claimed that but was killed later, she used to molest him during the time of while he was in Umar[82] Mecca[79][82] 2. Tabari reports she was killed[87] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] • Tabari, Volume 8, History of Islam[87] Kill Harith ibn Hisham, reason unknown[79][82] According to Ibn Sa'd, Zubayr ibn Abi Umayyah and Harith ibn Hisham both sought refuge in a Muslim relatives house, the relative pleaded with Muhammad for mercy, so he pardoned them on the condition they embrace Islam[79][88] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[88] See above result[79][82] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] 23 Harith ibn Hisham 24 During/after Conquest of Zubayr ibn Abi Umayyah Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Zubayr ibn Abi Umayyah, reason unknown[79][82] Habbar Ibn al-Aswad bin During/after Ka`b al-`Ansi Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Habbar ibn al-Aswad because he was a "liar", [89][90] he claimed he was a Prophet[89] 25 Habbar ibn al-Aswad killed[89] [90] • Sahih Bukhari 5:59:662, Sahih Bukhari 4:56:817 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] • Tabari, Volume 9, The last No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources years of the Prophet[89] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[91] Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Conflicting reports 1. Ibn Ishaq says, his wife Kill Ikrimah ibn Abu Jahl, "became a Muslim and bcause he was hostile to asked for immunity for Muhammad like his father him and the apostle Abu Jahl[79][82] gave it"[82] 2. Tabari says he was "eliminated"[92] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[82] • Tabari, Volume 8, History of Islam[92] Wahshi ibn Harb During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Wahshi ibn Harb, for killing Muhammad's uncle during the Battle of Uhud[79] Wahshi ibn Harb pardoned by Muhammad after he asks for forgiveness and offers to convert to Islam[79][93] • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[93] Ka'b ibn Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulama During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Assassinate Ka'b ibn Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulama for writing satirical poems about Muhammad[79] [94][95][96] Ibn Ishaq wrote that Muhammad said "Leave him alone, he has become a repentant Muslim after the disposal of his past.", so he was pardoned[95][96] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[96] 29 Al-Harith bin al-Talatil During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] For mocking Muhammad Al-Harith bin al-Talatil is killed through poetry[79] by Ali[79][97] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[97] 30 Abdullah ibn Zib'ari During/after Conquest of Mecca Kill Abdullah ibn Zib'ari, for writing insulting poems about • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah 26 27 28 Abdullah ibn Zib'ari repents and converts to Islam, so Muhammad pardoned No. 31 32 33 34 Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources (Jan 630)[79] Muhammad[79] During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Tabari Volume 39 states, Kill Hubayrah, for mocking Hubayrah "ran away when Muhammad through Mecca was conquered, and poetry[79] died in Najran as an infidel"[79] • Tabari, Volume 39, Biographies of the Prophet's companions and their successors[98] Hind bint Utbah During/after Conquest of Mecca (Jan 630)[79] Kill Hind bint Utbah (wife of Abu Sufyan) for cutting out the heart of Muhammad's uncle Hamza after he died, during the Battle of Uhud[79] • Abu Dawud 33:4153 • Tabari, Volume 8, History of Islam[99] Amr ibn Jihash (convert to Islam)[100] According to Ibn Kathir and Ibn Ishaq, Muhammad said to Yamin bim Umayr, about Amr During the ibn Jash "Have you seen Amr ibn Jihash is assassinated Invasion of Banu the way your cousin has after a Muslim offers a reward Nadir[100] treated me and what he for his killing[100] (Aug 625)[101] proposed to do?"[102] [100] Muhammad accused him of trying to assassinate him[103] King or Prince of Dumatul Jandal October 630[104] Hubayrah him[79] Tabari said, Hind "swore allegiance and became a Muslim.",[99] she was pardoned by Muhammad[79] Attack the chief of Duma 1 killed, 2 taken captive[107] for Jizyah and booty[105] [106] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[102] • Abu Dawud 19:3031 • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, Volume 2[108] • Tabari, Volume 9, The last No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources years of the Prophet[105] 35 36 Unknown Umaiya bin Khalaf Abi Safwan Kill Umaiya bin Khalaf, Muhammad's reason is unknown.[109] But Bilal wanted to kill him for torturing him[110] Blind man's wife/concubine Unknown Muhammad supported this killing because the Blind Muslim kills his women insulted him[111] wife/concubine[111][112] [112] • Abu Dawud 38:4348 • Sunan al-Nasai no. 4081 Muhammad reportedly ordered his followers to "kill any Jew that falls into Ibn Sunayna killed by your power", Muhayissa Muhayissa[113][114] heard this and went out to kill Ibn Sunayna (a Jew) [113][114] • Abu Dawud 19:2996 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[115] 37 Ibn Sunayna Unknown 38 Abdullah ibn Sa‘ad Unknown Kill Abdullah ibn Sa‘ad, because he became and apostate (left Islam) and fled to Mecca. He also claimed that he was the one who wrote the Qur'an and started to mock Muhammad, which made him angry[116] Umaiya bin Khalaf killed by Bilal[109][110] A misunderstanding leads to his pardoning. Abdullah ibn Sa‘ad was brought in front of Muhammad and offered his loyalty, Muhammad upheld his hand to indicate that his followers should kill him, but the Muslims thought he pardoned him.[116] He said "Was not there a wise man among you who would stand • Sahih Bukhari 4:56:826 • Abu Dawud 38:4346 • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[85] No. Name Date Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Notable Primary Sources up to him when he saw that I had withheld my hand from accepting his allegiance, and kill him?"[117] 39 40 Ibn an-Nawwahah Blind Jew Unknown According to Ibn Kathir, Muhammad once said about Ibn an-Nawwahah "I would have cut off your head, if it was not that emissaries are not killed" Abdullah ibn Masud beheads because he claimed Ibn an-Nawwahah[118][119] Musaylimah was a Prophet, so Abdullah ibn Masud killed Ibn anNawwahah when he was no longer an emissary[118][119] • Abu Dawud 14:2756 • Tabari, Volume 10, Conquest of Arabia[120] Unknown Muhammad's followers kill a blind Jew for throwing dust at his face[121][122] Blind Jew killed by Sa'd ibn Zayd[121][122] • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[123] • Tabari, Volume 7, The foundation of the community[122] Salama bin Al-Akwa chases and kills the suspected spy[124][125] • Sahih Bukhari 4:52:286 41 Nameless spy Unknown Kill a man Muhammad suspected of being a spy[124][125] 42 Man from Aslam tribe Unknown Kill a man from the Aslam Man from Aslam tribe stoned tribe for Adultery[126] to death[126][127] [127] • Abu Dawud 38:4414 No. 43 Name Kinana ibn al-Rabi Date July 628[128] Reason(s) for Ordering or Supporting Killing Result Torture Kinana ibn al-Rabi to find location of Kinana ibn al-Rabi allegedly hidden beheaded[129][130] treasure[129][130] Notable Primary Sources • Ibn Hisham & Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah[131]