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Banu Shuja

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Banu Shuja was a tribe during the era of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. They participated in the Battle of the Trench.[1]

They were part of the Juhaynah tribe. The Muslim scholar Tabari describes them as doughty fighters.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rodinson, Muhammad: Prophet of Islam, p. 208.
  2. ^ Tabari, The History of al-Tabari Vol. 28: 'Abbasid Authority Affirmed: The Early, p. 2014