Among the First to Stand Forth
Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad was among the first seven to make their Islam public in Makkah, in the days when to do so was to invite torture. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 299 — Kandhlawi — Miqdad among the first seven to make their Islam public.
His Pledge at Badr
On the eve of Badr, when the Prophet ﷺ took counsel about facing the Quraysh, Miqdad rose and pledged that the believers would never say what the people of Musa had said — “Go, you and your Lord, and fight; we will sit here” — but that they would fight before the Prophet ﷺ, behind him, to his right and his left. His words gladdened the Prophet ﷺ. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 405–407 — Kandhlawi — Miqdad's pledge at Badr that the believers would not say as the people of Musa said, but would fight at the Prophet's side. 3 The Noble Qur'an · pp. Surah al-Ma'ida 5:24 — The saying of the people of Musa — 'Go, you and your Lord, and fight' — which Miqdad pledged the believers would never repeat. On that day Miqdad was, by report, the only horseman among the Muslims — a single rider in the ranks of the faithful. 4 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 405–407 — Kandhlawi — Miqdad reported as the only mounted Muslim at Badr.
Life Timeline
Born; allied to the Quraysh
Among the first seven to make Islam public
His pledge — and his cavalry — at Badr
The only mounted Muslim that day.
Dies near Madinah
References
- Hayatus Sahaba — Kandhlawi — Miqdad among the first to make Islam public; his stand at Badr Vol 1 · pp. 299, 405–407
- The Noble Qur'an — The words of the people of Musa that Miqdad pledged the believers would never say pp. Surah al-Ma'ida 5:24