Abdullah ibn Urayqit
عبد الله بن أريقط
The Laythi tracker hired as guide for the Hijra — 'a skilled guide' still on Quraysh's religion, whom they nonetheless entrusted; he led the party by the little-used coastal road to Medina.
At a glance
- Roles
- Guide
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- Ally · 622 CE · 1 BH† – 622 CE · 1 BH†Tradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Abdullah ibn Urayqit al-Laythi, the hired guide of the hijra 1.
His role
The Prophet and Abu Bakr hired him as their road-guide — a "guide well-versed" in the paths — and though he was on Quraysh's disbelieving religion they trusted him with it, handed him their two mounts and appointed him the cave of Thawr after three nights 1.
He came to them on Monday night, the first of Rabi' al-Awwal, with the mounts, and took them by the coastal route — deep south toward Yemen, then west to the coast, then north along the Red Sea shore, on a road scarcely anyone used 2.
Connections
- Participated in
- The Hijra· The Hijra route
People and things also explored
Amir ibn Fuhayra· The Hijra· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Muhammad· The Hijra route· The brotherhood of the Muhajirun and Ansar· The three nights in the cave of Thawr· The departure night of the Hijra
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 166
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, pp. 166-167
- Sahih al-Bukhari
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