Abu Burayda al-Aslami
أبو بريدة الأسلمي
A tribal chief who rode out hunting the Quraysh bounty on the Prophet's head, but on meeting him embraced Islam on the spot with seventy of his people, and raised his turban on his spear as a banner of safe-conduct.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diasporaConverts and those who leave
Place in the story
- Military opponent · 622 CE · 1 BH† – 622 CE · 1 BH†Tradition
- Convert to Islam · 622 CE · 1 BH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Abu Burayda al-Aslami, chief of his people; he set out chasing Quraysh's bounty and became Muslim upon meeting 1.
On the hijra road
He went out after the Prophet and Abu Bakr hoping to win the great reward Quraysh had proclaimed; when he faced the Prophet and spoke with him he became Muslim on the spot, with seventy men of his people 1.
Then he took off his turban, bound it to his spear and made it a banner proclaiming that the king of security and peace had come to fill the world with justice and equity 1.
Connections
- Member of
- The early Muslim community
- Participated in
- The Hijra
People and things also explored
The early Muslim communityAbdullah ibn Abi BakrAmir ibn FuhayraAsma bint Abi Bakral-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamThe Battle of BadrThe HijraAbdullah ibn Mas'ud
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 170
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Burayda al-Aslami”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-burayda-al-aslami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.