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forward but the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) did not respond and asked the
question once more. This time Zubair jumped at the chance of taking it but again the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) did not respond and as he did an Ansar from the
tribe of Khazraj named Abu Dujanah inquired, "O Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) what is its right?" "Its right," the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) replied,
"is that you should take it and kill the enemy with it until its blade is bent." Thereupon
Abu Dujanah seized upon the opportunity to be the first to claim it.
Abu Dujanah's reputation as a warrior was well known and those who he came across
on the battlefield were fearful of an encounter with him. In times of war Abu Dujanah
would wear a red turban wrapped around his helmet and over the course of time, the
turban had been rightly named by the Khazraj the "Turban of Death". Now, with the
Prophet's sword in hand, wearing his red turban wrapped around his helmet, he strutted
proudly through the ranks of the army in such a fashion that the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) commented, "Except in times and places such as this, that is the strut
Allah hates."
With the Khazraj tribe of Alimah, the son of Jusham, on one side and the Aws tribe of
Harith, Nabit's son, on the other, the final preparations for hostilities were now complete.
question once more. This time Zubair jumped at the chance of taking it but again the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) did not respond and as he did an Ansar from the
tribe of Khazraj named Abu Dujanah inquired, "O Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu alihi
wa sallam) what is its right?" "Its right," the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) replied,
"is that you should take it and kill the enemy with it until its blade is bent." Thereupon
Abu Dujanah seized upon the opportunity to be the first to claim it.
Abu Dujanah's reputation as a warrior was well known and those who he came across
on the battlefield were fearful of an encounter with him. In times of war Abu Dujanah
would wear a red turban wrapped around his helmet and over the course of time, the
turban had been rightly named by the Khazraj the "Turban of Death". Now, with the
Prophet's sword in hand, wearing his red turban wrapped around his helmet, he strutted
proudly through the ranks of the army in such a fashion that the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) commented, "Except in times and places such as this, that is the strut
Allah hates."
With the Khazraj tribe of Alimah, the son of Jusham, on one side and the Aws tribe of
Harith, Nabit's son, on the other, the final preparations for hostilities were now complete.