al-Nu'man, qayl of Dhu Ru'ayn, Ma'afir and Hamdan

النعمان قيل ذي رعين ومعافر وهمدان

A qayl, a lesser king, of Himyar over Dhu Ru'ayn, Ma'afir and Hamdan, who wrote with al-Harith and Nu'aym the sons of Abd Kulal to the Prophet ﷺ announcing their Islam and received his reply.

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Roles
Politician
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Converts and those who leave

Place in the story

  • RulertowardHimyarTradition
  • Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

النعمان قيل ذي رعين ومعافر وهمدان، من أقيال حمير. والقيل عند المحققين ملك دون الملك الأكبر. 1

كتاب الإسلام

كتب مع الحارث ونعيم ابني عبد كلال إلى النبي بإسلامهم، وكتب إليهم النبي. ويذكر ابن هشام أن ذلك كان عند مقدمه من تبوك. 1 انظر كتاب ملوك حمير وحمير.

ملاحظات للباحثين
  • التاريخ المقدّر للإسلام نحو سنة 631م، وهو تقريبي ومنسوب إلى الرواية.
  • موضع الصفحات 235-237 من الجزء الرابع من سيرة ابن هشام.

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Member of
Himyar
Participated in
The letter of the kings of Himyar

People and things also explored

al-Harith ibn Abd Kulal· Nu'aym ibn Abd Kulal· The sending of Mu'adh ibn Jabal to Yemen and the Prophet's charge to him· Zur'a Dhu Yazan· The Prophet's letter to the kings of Himyar· The letter of the kings of Himyar· Himyar· Malik ibn Murra al-Rahawi

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), p. 235
  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Nu'man, qayl of Dhu Ru'ayn, Ma'afir and Hamdan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-numan-qayl-dhi-ruayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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al-Harith ibn Abd Kulal

One of the kings of Himyar who wrote to the Prophet announcing their Islam on his return from Tabuk, and to whom the Prophet addressed his letter.