Abu Musa al-Ashari
أبو موسى الأشعري
Companion from the Ashari tribe, a client of the family of Utba ibn Rabi'a; came to the Prophet on the two ships from Abyssinia. Known as a jurist, expert Qur'an reciter and governor of Basra and Kufa under Umar.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
- Official · c. 638 CE · c. 17 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
People and things also explored
MuhammadThe emigrants to AbyssiniaThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn AzharAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbdullah ibn Ja'farAbdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Musa al-Ashari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-musa-al-ashari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.