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{{Short description|7th-century Arab tribal leader}}
'''Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir''' ({{langx|ar|أبو لبابة بن عبد المنذر|Abū Lubāba ibn ʿAbd al-Mundhir}}) was a leading member of the [[Banu Aws]], an Arabic tribe in [[Medina|Yathrib, today known as Medina]].

== Biography ==
At some point after [[Muhammad]]'s [[Hijra (Islam)|arrival at Medina]] in 622, Abu Lubaba converted to [[Islam]].

He appears in 627 during the [[Banu Qurayza#Siege and surrender|siege of the Banu Qurayza]], a Jewish tribe in conflict with Muhammad. The Qurayza had a long-standing alliance with the Aws and during the siege asked to confer with Abu Lubaba. According to [[Ibn Ishaq]], Abu Lubaba felt pity for the women and children of the tribe who were crying and when asked whether the Qurayza should surrender to Muhammad, advised them to do so.

Ibn Ishaq's account, going back to Abu Lubaba's own statements, related that he regretted his actions, stating: "My feet had not moved away from the spot before I knew I had been false to [[God]] and His Apostle". He then went to the [[mosque]] in [[Medina]], tied himself to a pillar and declared: "I will not leave this place until God forgives me for what I have done". He also added that he would never enter the locality of Banu Qurayza in recompense for the deadly mistake he made.<ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri, Safiur-Rahman 2002">Al-Mubarakpuri, Safiur-Rahman, ''The Sealed Nectar''. Riyadh: Darussalam, 2002.</ref> When Muhammad was informed of this incident, he said: "''I would have begged God to forgive him if he had asked me but since he tied himself out of his own free will, then it is God Who would turn to him in forgiveness''".<ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri, Safiur-Rahman 2002"/>

Abu Lubaba stayed tied for six nights.<ref name="Al-Mubarakpuri, Safiur-Rahman 2002"/> One early morning, Muhammad declared that God had forgiven him after reportedly receiving a [[revelation]].<ref name="GPS">Guillaume, p. 461-463; Peters, p. 222-223; Stillman, p. 137-140.</ref>

Theologist [[Ibn al-Jawzi]] (died 1201)<ref>''The Encyclopaedia of Islam'' Brill, Leiden. Bd. 3, S.751</ref> stated ten more people tied themselves to pillars.<ref>[[Moshe Gil]] (1987). S. 68; Rudi Paret: Der Koran. ''Kommentar und Konkordanz''. [[Kohlhammer Verlag]]. Stuttgart 1980. S. 212.</ref>

==Notes==
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==Literature==
*Guillaume, Alfred, ''The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah''. Oxford University Press, 1955. {{ISBN|0-19-636033-1}}
*Peters, Francis E., ''Muhammad and the Origins of Islam''. State University of New York Press, 1994. {{ISBN|0-7914-1875-8}}.
*Al-Mubarakpuri, Safiur-Rahman, ''The Sealed Nectar''. Riyadh: Darussalam, 2002.

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[[Category:Sahabah hadith narrators]]