Abdullah ibn Abi Rabi'a
عبد الله بن أبي ربيعة
One of Quraysh's two picked envoys — with Amr ibn al-As — sent to the Negus with gifts and coached arguments to extradite the Muslim migrants, before either man had accepted Islam.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Envoy
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- Interlocutor · c. 616 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- The second migration to Abyssinia
People and things also explored
The prostration at surat al-Najm· Amr ibn al-As· Sawda bint Zam'a· Mecca· al-Hums· The Battle of Badr· The Battle of Uhud· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Abi Rabi'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-abi-rabia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.