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Talha ibn Ubayd Allah

Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Taymī (Arabic: طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه التَّيمي, c. 594 – c. 656) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In Sunni Islam, he is mostly known for being among al-ʿashara al-mubashshara ('the ten to whom Paradise was promised'). He played an important role in the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Camel, in which he died. According to Sunnis, he was given the title "the Generous" by Muhammad.[2]

For other people with this name, see Talhah (name).

Ṭalḥa ibn ʿUbayd Allāh
طَلْحَة بن عُبَيْد اللّه

"The Generous"

c. 594 CE

Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia

c. 656 CE (aged 61–62)

Basra, Iraq

Martyred at the Battle of Camel

Mausoleum of Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah at Basra, Iraq

Islam

Being a companion of Muhammad; one of the ten to whom Paradise was promised

Muhammad (625–632)
Abu Bakr (632–634)
Aisha (656)

Family[edit]

Talha had at least fifteen children by at least eight different women.[21]


The known descendants of Talha by his various wives and concubines have divided into six lines.[10]

Personal characteristics[edit]

Talha was described as a dark-skinned man with a great deal of wavy hair, a handsome face and a narrow nose. He liked to wear saffron-dyed clothes and musk. He walked swiftly and, when nervous, he would toy with his ring, which was of gold and set with a ruby.[1]: 167–168 


Talha was a successful cloth-merchant who eventually left an estate estimated at 30 million dirhams.[1]: 153, 169–1670  According to modern writer Asad Ahmed, Talha possessed wealth that second only to that of Uthman ibn Affan.[10] A report from Munzir ibn Sawa Al-Tamimi states that Talha had one property in Iraq that yielded four to five hundred dinar in gold.[10] His enterprises included the initiation of al-Qumh (wheat) agricultural work among his community.[10] Talha was said to have accumulated his lucrative properties and wealth by exchanging those that he acquired from the battle of Khaybar for the properties in Iraq that were possessed by Arab Hejazi settlers there and from the transaction of several land properties in Hadhramaut with Uthman.[10] Talha is also said to have drawn profits from his lifetime of trade in Syria and Yemen.[10]

Sunni view of the Sahaba

List of Sahabah

The ten to whom Paradise was promised

Aisha

Banu Taym

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The Religious Elite of the Early Islamic Ḥijāz: Five Prosopographical Case Studies