Wahshi ibn Harb

Wahshi ibn Harb
وحشي بن حرب
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Waḥshī ibn Ḥarb (Arabic: وحشي بن حرب, lit.'The Savage, Son of War'), also known as Abu Dusmah was a former slave of Jubayr ibn Mut'im before becoming a freedman and a Sahabi (companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). He is best known for killing a leading Muslim fighter, Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle, prior to converting to Islam, and afterwards reportedly killing Musaylimah, the leader of an enemy apostate army waging war against the Muslims.