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'''Bani Qudha'ah''' ({{lang-ar|قضاعة}}, ''Qudha'ah'') adalah salah satu kelompok [[suku|kabilah]] [[Arab]] yang besar. Pada masa awal [[Penyebaran Islam|penyebaran agama]] [[Islam]], berbagai suku dari kabilah Bani Qudha'ah telah menetap pada wilayah-wilayah yang saat ini termasuk [[Suriah]], [[Palestina]], dan barat laut [[Jazirah Arabia]].<ref>{{cite book
| title = The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads
| author = Jan Retsö
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=pUepRuQO8ZkC&pg=PA478&dq=quda%27a&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CD0QuwUwBGoVChMIi9qp56PlyAIVhOemCh2f4gho#v=onepage&q=quda'a&f=false
| page = 478
| edition = berilustrasi, cetak ulang
| publisher = Psychology Press
| year = 2003
| id = ISBN 0700716793, 9780700716791
}}</ref>
Menurut pendapat sebagian ahli silsilah, tokoh yang menurunkan kabilah ini bernama Qudha'ah bin Malik bin 'Amr bin Murrah bin Zaid bin Himyar,<ref>{{cite book
| title = The Life of the Prophet Muh̜ammad: A Translation of Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya
| volume = 1
| author = [[Ibnu Katsir|Ismāʻīl ibn ʻUmar Ibn Kathīr]]
| others = Diterjemahkan oleh Trevor Le Gassick
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?hl=id&id=MldTAAAAYAAJ&dq=quda%27a+ibn+malik+ibn+ma%27ad&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Malik%2C+b.+cAmr%2C+b.+Murra%2C+b.+Zayd%2C+b.+Himyar
| page = 3
| publisher = Centre for Muslim Contribution to Civilization
| year = 1998
}}</ref> dari bangsa Arab Himyariyyah yang bermigrasi dari [[Yaman]].<ref name="Abu Khalil1"/> Banu Qudha'ah terpecah menjadi banyak suku, di antaranya adalah Baliy, Juhainah, Kalb, dan Bahra'.<ref name="Abu Khalil1">{{cite book
| title = Atlas al-Qur'an
| author = Dr. Syauki Abu Khalil
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=4gn-QhHNamYC&pg=PA48&dq=qudha%27ah&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CDIQuwUwBWoVChMIw_SlvdzkyAIVypqUCh2JQwGN#v=onepage&q=qudha'ah&f=false
| page = 48
| publisher = Niaga Swadaya
| year = 2010
| id = ISBN 9792582150, 9789792582154
}}</ref> Sebelum kedatangan Islam, sebagian suku-suku tersebut beragama [[Kristen]], dan sebagian lainnya [[Paganisme|penyembah berhala]].<ref name="NSA">{{cite book
| title = New Arabian Studies
| volume = 3
| authors = Gerald Rex Smith, James R. Smart,Brian R. Pridham
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=VhturGtQIyAC&pg=PA95&dq=quda%27a+christian+pagan&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CD0QuwUwBGoVChMIyuK-uKblyAIVBB-mCh2QHQ7H#v=onepage&q=quda'a%20christian%20pagan&f=false
| page = 95
| edition = berilustrasi
| publisher = University of Exeter Press, 1996
| id = ISBN 0859894797, 9780859894791
}}</ref> Berhala yang mereka sembah bernama ''Uqaishir'', yang terdapat di [[Syam]].<ref name="Abu Khalil2">{{cite book
| author = Dr. Syauki Abu Khalil
| title = Atlas al-Qur'an
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=4gn-QhHNamYC&pg=PA186&dq=berhala+bani+qudha%27ah&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CBwQuwUwAGoVChMIx4fw0azlyAIVw9ymCh2qkwRW#v=onepage&q=berhala%20bani%20qudha'ah&f=false
| page = 186
| year = 2010
}}</ref>
Berbagai Bani Qudha'ah mulai terlibat konflik dan pergesekan dengan pasukan Muslim di masa hidup [[Nabi Muhammad]], yaitu sejak [[Ekspedisi Dzat as-Salasil]].<ref>{{cite book
| title = 60 Orang Besar di Sekitar Rasulullah Saw.
| author = Khalid Muhammad Khalid
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=qgP0BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA294&dq=dzatus+salasil+bani+qudha%27ah&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CCEQuwUwAWoVChMIiYK827rlyAIVZhumCh1PMAyl#v=onepage&q=dzatus%20salasil%20bani%20qudha'ah&f=false
| page = 294
| publisher = Mizan Mizania
| year = 2014
| id = ISBN 6029255908, 9786029255904
}}</ref> Pada [[Pertempuran Yarmuk]], Bani Qudha'ah termasuk dalam konfederasi suku-suku Arab yang membantu [[Kekaisaran Romawi Timur]].<ref>{{cite book
| title = A History of Palestine, 634-1099
| author = Moshe Gil
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=M0wUKoMJeccC&pg=PA45&dq=Khalid+ibn+Walid+Quda%27a&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CCsQuwUwAmoVChMIqc6gprvlyAIVIhemCh3LHAna#v=onepage&q=Khalid%20ibn%20Walid%20Quda'a&f=false
| page = 45
| edition = cetak ulang, direvisi
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| year = 1997
| id = ISBN 0521599849, 9780521599849
}}</ref> Melalui [[penaklukan Islam di Suriah|upaya penaklukan]] selanjutnya oleh para pemimpin militer yang dikirimkan oleh Khalifah [[Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq|Abu Bakar]] dan [[Umar bin Khattab|Umar]], banyak anggota suku-suku kabilah ini yang memeluk Islam.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Kisah Hidup Abubakar Al-Shiddiq
| author = Dr. Musthafa Murad
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=0MtQLOTq6FUC&pg=PA150&dq=usamah+qudha%27ah&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CCoQuwUwA2oVChMIi6_Aw7zlyAIVxhqmCh0TigLE#v=onepage&q=usamah%20qudha'ah&f=false
| page = 150
| publisher = Zaman
| id = ISBN 9790240686, 9789790240681
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| title = The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate
| author = Wilferd Madelun
| url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2QKBUwBUWWkC&pg=PA380&dq=quda%27a+accepted+islam&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEQQuwUwA2oVChMIzdSf3snlyAIVodqmCh0epQLp#v=onepage&q=quda'a%20accepted%20islam&f=false
| page = 380
| edition = berilustrasi, cetak ulang
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| year = 1998
| id = ISBN 0521646960, 9780521646963
}}</ref> Umar juga memerintahkan sepertiga populasi Bani Qudha'ah untuk pindah ke Suriah dan [[Mesir]], demi memperkuat daerah perbatasan yang baru dikuasai oleh pasukan Muslim.<ref name="Lev">{{cite book
| title = War and Society in the Eastern Mediterranean: 7th-15th Centuries
| editor = Yaacov Lēv
| volume = 9
| url = https://books.google.co.id/books?id=6boJulGkWBgC&pg=PA108&dq=umar+quda%27a&hl=id&sa=X&ved=0CD0QuwUwBGoVChMI8_-qksnlyAIVBC6mCh1A8gFL#v=onepage&q=umar%20quda'a&f=false
| page = 108
| edition = berilustrasi
| publisher = BRILL
| year = 1997
| id = ISBN 9004100326, 9789004100329
}}</ref> Perpindahan ke Mesir terus dianjurkan pada masa Khalifah [[Utsman bin Affan|Utsman]].<ref name="Lev"/>
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