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Abu Mulayh ibn Urwa al-Thaqafi

أبو مليح بن عروة الثقفي

Of Thaqif, son of Urwa ibn Mas'ud, killed after calling his people to Islam; he came with Qarib ibn al-Aswad, intending to break with Thaqif, and both embraced Islam; he then asked the Prophet ﷺ to pay his father's debt from the wealth of al-Lat.

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Companion
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Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Place in the story

  • Convert to Islam · c. 630 CE · c. 9 AH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

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موجز

أبو مليح بن عروة بن مسعود من ثقيف؛ قدم مع قارب بن الأسود قبل وفد ثقيف يريدان فراق قومهما، فأسلما، فقال لهما النبي: تولّيا من شئتما؛ فقالا: نتولّى الله ورسوله. 1

دين أبيه

لما أمر النبي أبا سفيان بهدم اللات سأل أبو مليح أن يقضي عن أبيه عروة ديناً عليه من مال الطاغية، فقال النبي: نعم؛ فقضاه أبو سفيان. 2

علامات الرواية

  • لا يُذكر من خبره غير هذا في نص ابن إسحاق الذي قرأناه (needs_source).

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Member of
Thaqif
Child of
Urwa ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi
Participated in
The delegation of Thaqif

People and things also explored

The delegation of Thaqif· The siege of Ta'if· Abd Yalil ibn Amr· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Qarib ibn al-Aswad· Uthman ibn Abi al-As· Ta'if· Thaqif

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/186
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/187
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Mulayh ibn Urwa al-Thaqafi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-mulayh-ibn-urwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The delegation of Thaqif

In Ramadan 9 AH six men of Thaqif led by Abd Yalil ibn Amr came to Medina; after requesting exemptions the Prophet refused, they surrendered and accepted Islam, stipulating that the Prophet himself order the demolition of al-Lat, and he appointed the youngest of them, Uthman ibn Abi al-As, over them.