Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sahaba of muhammad before the hijra”. Today it says “companion of muhammad”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
This person is a sahaba of Muhammad Before the hijra , Muhammad had appointed Masab ibn Umair to carry out Dawah , which he did. Am’r bin Jamooh a devotee of the deity Manah and part of the Banu Salmah tribe of Medina had 3 sons, Muawwaz ibn Amr , Muaaz ibn Amr and Khallad ibn Amr submitted to the will of Allah and embraced Islam immediately. On their initiation, even their mother, Hind the wife of Amr , professed the shahadah . But they kept their faith secret lest it hurt their father. Her husband was unaware of her new religion and one day warned her of the "danger" posed by Masab to the traditional faith of Medina and asked her to safeguard their sons against it. Hind advised him to listen to what their second son Muaaz had to tell them, Muaaz then recited the surah Fatihah . The recitation made an impact on her husband, but he was reluctant to abandon Manah . After much prayer, and the repeated theft of the statue by his sons, Amr decided that Manah was not worthy of worship and also adopted Islam. Abu Jahl was killed in the Battle of Badr by two youth, Muaaz ibn Amr and Muawwaz ibn Amr.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
this is a sahaba of Muhammad Before the hijra, Muhmmad had appointed Masab ibn Umair to carry out Dawah , which he did excellently. Stirrings of change did not leave even the household of Am’r bin Jamooh. All of his three sons Muawwaz ibn Amr , Muaaz ibn Amr and Khallad ibn Amr entered the fold of Islam. On their initiation, even their mother , Hind the wife of Amr , professed the shahadah. But they kept their faith secret lest it hurt their father. One day Am’r warned Hind of the ‘danger’ Masa’b was posing to the traditional faith of the people of Madinah and asked her to safeguard the sons, totally oblivious of the fact that Islam had swept them off their ancestral religion. Abu Jahl was killed in the Battle of Badr by two youth, Muaaz ibn Amr and Muawwaz ibn Amr .
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This person is a sahaba of Muhammad
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Muaaz ibn 'Amr was a companion of Muhammad .He and his brother, Mowaz ibn 'Amr , wounded Abu Jahl in the Battle of Badr .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Mua'adh ibn 'Amr ( Arabic : معاذ بن عمرو ) was a companion of Muhammad .He and his brother, Muawwaz ibn Amr , wounded Abu Jahl in the Battle of Badr .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sahaba of muhammad before the hijra”. Today it says “companion of muhammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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sahaba of muhammad before the hijra
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companion of muhammad
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