Abbad ibn Qays
عبّاد بن قيس
c. September 629 CE · Jumada I 8 AH
Companion from the Ansar, of Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj; martyred at Mu'tah alongside Abd Allah ibn Rawaha.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
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Place in the story
- Martyr (as regarded) · c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- Died in
- Mu'tah
People and things also explored
Abd Allah ibn Rawahaal-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn UsafSuraqa ibn Amr ibn AtiyyaKhalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawalMartyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitationMartyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horseMartyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commanderJa'far ibn Abi Talib
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “Abbad ibn Qays”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abbad-ibn-qays-mutah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.