Malik ibn Awf

Malik ibn Awf ( مالك بن عوف) was a companion of Muhammad, and a leader of the Hawazin tribe of Ta'if. Before he converted to Islam, he was one of the commanders in the Battle of Hunayn against the Muslims along with the Thaqif tribe. He later converted to Islam before Muhammad's death. Malik ibn Awf criticized Muhammad when Muhammad came to Ta'if to spread Islam. First, Muhammad went to the leaders to spread Islam, but Awf and the other leaders condemned his teachings. Muhammad was later met by protesters who threw stuff at him. Awf participated in the Battle of Hunayn after the Conquest of Mecca. He ordered his army to shoot arrows at the Muslims before the battle started. This was successful for Malik because the Muslims started to flee. But soon Muhammad ordered Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib to call the Muslim army back. Abbas did so, and 100 Muslims came back to fight. After seeing those soldiers fight, the rest of the Muslim army also came back. This ruined the plan, and Malik faced a defeat. So he and his army retreated, and fled to Ta'if for the Siege of Ta'if. Muhammad and his army went to Ta'if and tried to capture them, but failed to do so. After the Conquest of Mecca, Awf became a Muslim. Malik bin Awf bin Saad bin Rabia bin Waelah bin Dahman bin Nasr bin Saad bin Bakr bin Hawazen bin Mansour bin Ikrimah bin Khasfah bin Qais Aylan bin Mudar bin Nizar bin Maad bin Adnan bin Adad. Al-Yarboui Al-Nasri Al-Saadi Al-Hawazni, and his nickname is Aba Ali, and it was said in his name that he is: Malik bin Abdullah bin Auf He is a knight and a veteran poet from the people of Taif. We will shorten his mention before Islam and after: Malik is among the great knights, and a man would not be called a tractor until he had commanded a thousand fighters. He was of high rank among his people, he fought a cultured man in the pre-Islamic era, and he used to not go out to them except that he was jealous of him until he struck him, and he often hits like the Day of Infinity.