This is a heroic story about someone who defended Ar Rayyan (flag of the Muslim troops) until he was died ‘syahid’. His name is Mush’ab bin Umair RA.
Mush’ab RA is one of the companions of the Prophet whose face is very handsome almost looks like the Prophet Muhammad SAW (Sallallaahu ‘Alaihi Wa sallam).
When the battle of Uhud happened, he took a task for holding a flag of Muslim troops.
At that time, Muslim troops had almost victory, but then they got a back attack from the enemy (Quraish Mecca) which was caused by the Muslim archers who disobeyed an order from the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
A serious mistake was committed by a part of the Muslim troops, which changed the outcome of the battle. A breach of Muhammad’s orders by the Muslim archers, who left their assigned posts to despoil the enemy camp, allowed a back attack from the enemy cavalry that brought chaos to the Muslim troops.
When the situation started to get worse, Mush’ab bin Umair RA raised Ar Rayyan, the flag of Muslim troops, as high as possible and yelled several Takbir as loud as possible, then proceeded to attack the enemy.
His purpose was for attracting the attention of the enemy to him and the enemy would forget the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Thus Mush’ab bin Umair RA formed a line of troops with himself.
Suddenly an enemy named Ibnu Qumaiah arrived by a horse, he thought Mush’ab RA was Muhammad SAW because they were similar at short glance, then he slashed Mushab’s hand which was used for holding Ar Rayyan until his right hand cut off. While Mush’ab RA uttered surah Ali Imran verse 144;
So Mush’ab RA held the flag with his left hand while bending to protect it. The enemy slashed his left hand as well.
Mush’ab leaned toward the flag, then with both arms reaching for his chest while uttering surah Ali Imran verse 144, again;
Then the horse man attacked him three times with a spear, and thrusted it in until the spear broke. Mush’ab RA fell, and the flag also fell. He died as a syuhada.