Hazrat Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri

Upper Mesopotamia and the Caucasus

Habib was sent under Iyad ibn Ghanm رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Iyad ibn Ghanmرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُConqueror of the Jazira; trusted commander under Abu Bakr, Umar, and Abu Ubayda to Upper Mesopotamia, and afterwards — jointly with Salman ibn Rabi’a — he led the conquest of Armenia, reaching to the Caucasus. 1 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 350, 357, 386 — Najeebabadi — Habib ibn Maslama in Upper Mesopotamia; jointly conquers Armenia with Salman ibn Rabi'a; reaches the Caucasus.

To Relieve Uthman

He set out from Syria to support Uthman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Uthman ibn Affanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThird Caliph; Dhun-Nurayn; compiled the Qur'an into one codexKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun during the siege — but the news of his martyrdom reached him before he could arrive. 2 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 412 — Najeebabadi — Habib sets out to relieve Uthman during the siege.

At Siffin

Mu’awiya رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyanرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُA scribe of the revelation; long governor of SyriaNarrators of Hadith later sent him as an envoy to Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Ali ibn Abi Talibرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFourth Caliph; cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ﷺKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · People of Badr at Siffin, alongside Shurahbil ibn al-Samt and Ma’n ibn Yazid. 3 History of Islam · Vol 1 · pp. 460 — Najeebabadi — Habib ibn Maslama envoy of Mu'awiya to Ali at Siffin.