Part 1 · Page 186
Why It Was Called the Fijar War
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Read the corresponding Arabic sectionPrinted page 186 · Why it was called the Fijar War
Ibn Ishaq said: The Fijar War broke out when the Messenger of Allah was twenty years old. It was called the Fijar day because the two tribes, Kinana and Qays ‘Aylan, violated the sacred prohibitions between them.