Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam
قدوم صرد بن عبد الله الأزدي وإسلامه
c. 631 CE · c. 9 AH
Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi (may God be pleased with him) came in an Azd delegation to the Prophet ﷺ and became a good Muslim; the Prophet set him over the Muslims of his people and ordered him to fight, with those who had converted, the neighbouring polytheist tribes of Yemen.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Surad ibn Abd Allah al-Azdi came with a delegation of Azd to the Prophet, and he became Muslim and his Islam was good. 1
The account
The Prophet appointed him over those of his people who had become Muslim, and ordered him to fight with those who had become Muslim against the polytheists of the tribes of Yemen who lived near them. 1 2 He set out, as the Prophet commanded, until he halted at Jarash; see the campaign of Surad against Jarash. 2
Connections
- Had participant
- Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi· Muhammad· al-Azd
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Part of
- The Year of Delegations
- Led to
- Surad ibn Abdullah's campaign against Jurash and the conversion of its people
People and things also explored
Muhammad· Surad ibn Abdullah's campaign against Jurash and the conversion of its people· Surad ibn Abdullah al-Azdi· The delegation of Abd al-Qays· The delegation of Banu Hanifa· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Dimam ibn Tha'laba comes as the envoy of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr· Farwa ibn Musayk al-Muradi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/233
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/234
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