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'''Al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq [[Banu Thaqif|al-Thaqafī]]''' ([[Arabic]]: الأخنس بن شريق الثقفي) was a contemporary to Muhammad and one of the leaders of Mecca.<ref name=mpacuk>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/211/|title=MPACUK :: Scholars Smash Hizb Argument Against British Politics|date=February 7, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207221944/http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/211/ |archive-date=2005-02-07 }}</ref>

==Biography==

===Late life — ?-610===
He was a rich man <ref>Baidawi, Volume 2, page 416 [http://muhammadanism.org/Canon_Sell/Quran/historical_development_quran.pdf pdf!]</ref> and an ally of [[Banu Zuhrah]].<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shawuniversitymosque.org/m/faq_qanda.php?id=94 |title=Shaw University Mosque -Islam, Mosques & NC Muslims eCommunity |access-date=2006-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630115115/http://www.shawuniversitymosque.org/m/faq_qanda.php?id=94 |archive-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Muhammad's era — 610-632===

====Muhammad's visit to Ta'if — 619====
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On his way from the visit, Muhammad asked al-Akhnas for protection, but he refused.<ref name=mpacuk/>

====Battle of Badr — 624====
Al-Akhnas and the [[Banu Zuhrah]] were with the [[Mecca]]n as part of the escort that preceded the [[Battle of Badr]], but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr. He together with Banu Zuhrah returned, so these two clans were never present in the battle.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

====Battle of Uhud — 625====
[[Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh]] was a cousin of Muhammad who was killed in the [[Battle of Uhud]] by al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq.

====Treaty of Hudaybiyyah — 628====
After the [[Treaty of Hudaybiyyah]], Abu Basir ‘Utbah ibn Asid ibn Jãriyah ath-Thaqafi (a man of the tribe of Thaqif captured by the Quraysh) escaped from the Meccans. Al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq (a chief of the Quraysh) sent two men after him. [[Abu Basir]] killed one of the two men, and came to the Muhammad as an immigrant Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alseraj.net/maktaba/kotob/english/FourteenInfallibles/BeaconsofLight/html/eng/books/becons-of-light/4d.html|title=Untitled}}</ref>

====Uncategorized====
[[Sura]]h [[Al-Humaza]] was revealed regarding al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq.

Regarding verse {{qref|2|204-205}}, an incident occurred prior to these verses being revealed. A man named al-Akhnas ibn Shuriq came to Muhammad to embrace Islam, but as he turned to leave, he happened to pass by a pasture and grazing animals. He set it alight and killed the cattle. These verses express disapproval.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yanabi.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=80&threadid=2324&enterthread=y|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050320204735/http://www.yanabi.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=80&threadid=2324&enterthread=y|url-status=dead|title=The Global Islamic Community Forums – The Quran and the Environment|archivedate=March 20, 2005}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* He is mentioned in these links:
https://quran.com/2:205/tafsirs/en-tafisr-ibn-kathir

[http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Koran-The-Q-uran10.html The Koran/The Q'uran by Mohammed/Mohammad/Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet - Full Text Free Book (Part 10/14)]

[http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Koran-The-Q-uran11.html The Koran/The Q'uran by Mohammed/Mohammad/Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet - Full Text Free Book (Part 11/14)]

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Ajay Kumar at 19:02, 28 September 2023