‘Amr Ibn Ḥazm Al-Anṣārī and Qurʾān 2,256: “No Compulsion is there in Religion”

‘Amr ibn Hazm of the Najjār was a young boy when the Prophet Muḥammad came to Medina. From a remark made several decades later by an angry aristocratic woman it may be concluded that ‘Amr was raised as a Jew by the Jewish Banū l-Naḍīr. When they were expelled from Medina, ‘Amr, then a body of eleven...

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Published in:Oriens
Main Author: Lecker, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 1996
In: Oriens
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Summary:‘Amr ibn Hazm of the Najjār was a young boy when the Prophet Muḥammad came to Medina. From a remark made several decades later by an angry aristocratic woman it may be concluded that ‘Amr was raised as a Jew by the Jewish Banū l-Naḍīr. When they were expelled from Medina, ‘Amr, then a body of eleven, went with them. He later returned to Medina and at seventeen became the Prophet’s governor in Najrān.
ISSN:1877-8372
Contains:Enthalten in: Oriens
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18778372-03501004