Massacre of Bi'r Ma'una

Massacre of Bi'r Ma'una
Part of Muslim–Mushrikite wars
Date625, AH 4
Location
Bi'r Ma'una
Result
  • Muhammad sends missionaries to preach Islam.
  • Missionaries were set up and killed.
Belligerents
Muslims Mushrikites
Strength
40 or 70 Unknown
Casualties and losses
c. 40–70 killed 2

The Massacre of Bi'r Ma'una (Arabic: يَوْم بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ, romanized: Yawm Biʾr Maʿūna, lit. 'Day of Bi'r Ma'una') was the killing of Muslim missionaries by the Mushrikites four months after the Battle of Uhud in 625 (4 AH). It is believed the Islamic prophet Muhammad sent missionaries to preach Islam, at the request of Abu Bara. Forty (as per Ibn Ishaq) or seventy (as per Sahih Bukhari) of the Muslim missionaries were killed.

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