Fayruz al-Daylami
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Fayrūz al-Daylamī al-Himyarī(Arabic:ابو عبداللہ فيروز الديلمي,Persian:فیروز دیلمی,Firuz theDaylamite) was aPersiancompanionof the IslamicprophetMuhammad.[1]
Biography
[edit]Fayruz al-Daylami, also speltFiruz al-Daylami,belonged to the descendants (abna') of the Persians that had been sent byKhosrow ItoYemen,conquered it, and driven out theAbyssinians.[1]It is stated that a delegation including Fayruz came to Medina from Yemen in 631 and embraced Islam.[2]He had two wives who were sisters. As a result of his conversion to Islam, he divorced one of his wives on the order of the Islamic prophetMuhammad.[3][4]
Later in 632 afterAswad Ansiclaimed prophethood in Yemen, proceeded to invadeNajranand much of Yemen, attackingSana'aand the ruler of Yemen, Shahr, who was the son of Badhan, was killed in battle against Aswad. Fayruz was sent out by Muhammad to kill Aswad. In reference to this, inal-Tabari's History, Muhammad was reported as saying, "He was killed by the virtuous man Fayruz al-Daylami."[1]
Fayruz died during the reign of third caliphUthman(644-656).[1]However, some sources mentioned he governed the region of Sana'a and died later in 673 during the reign ofMu'awiya I.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdal-Tabari, Jarir(1998).The History of al-Tabarī.Vol. 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors. Translated by Ella Landau-Tasseron.State University of New York.pp. 94–95.ISBN978-07-91-42820-7.
- ^abYücel, Ahmet (1996)."FÎRÛZ ed-DEYLEMÎ".TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. 13 (Fikih – Gelenek)(in Turkish). Istanbul:Turkiye Diyanet Foundation,Centre for Islamic Studies. p. 140.ISBN978-975-389-440-1.
- ^Sunan Abu Dawood,Kitab al-Talaq; 2243.
- ^Sunan Ibn Majah,Chapter on Divorce; 1950.
External links
[edit]- Biographyfrom USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts.
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