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مصعب بن عمير

Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr (RA)

Also known as: Musab

c. 38 BH – 3 AH · c. 585–625 CE

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The first envoy of Islam, sent to teach the people of Madinah before the Hijrah.

Mus'ab was a young man of Makkah known for his fine clothes and comfortable life. He gave it all up when he accepted Islam, and his family imprisoned him and cut him off. After the First Pledge of 'Aqabah, the Prophet ﷺ sent him to Yathrib to teach the new Muslims the Quran. Through his gentle preaching many leading men of the city entered Islam, preparing the way for the Hijrah.

He carried the Muslims' banner at Badr and Uhud, and he was killed at Uhud. He died so poor that his cloak could not cover his whole body, and his feet were covered with grass.

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Life journey

  1. c. 585 CE Makkah مكة
  2. 615 CE Aksum (Abyssinia) الحبشة
    Among the Muslims who sought refuge in Abyssinia.
  3. 616 CE Makkah مكة
  4. 621 CE Madinah المدينة
    Sent ahead to Yathrib to teach Islam after the First Pledge of 'Aqabah.
  5. 625 CE Mount Uhud جبل أحد
    Died 625 CE · 3 AH
    Carried the banner at Uhud and was martyred there.

Places in their life

The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
The Ka'bah in al-Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
Photo: Adli Wahid (minor modifications by Basile Morin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
al-Masjid al-Nabawi, the Prophet's Mosque, Madinah
Photo: TheHadiRahim, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mount Uhud, Madinah
Mount Uhud, Madinah
Photo: Ahmed, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

  • Ibn Hisham, al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
  • Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of Funerals, on his shroud)
  • Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba
Draft, awaiting scholarly review.
Birth year is an estimate; sources do not give it.