Amir ibn al-Waqqas
عامر بن الوَقاص
A Companion of Banu Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
A Companion of Banu Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him with Utba ibn Mas'ud of Banu Zuhra, writing him "Amir ibn Abi Waqqas". 1 The text gives no more of his lineage than his father's name.
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Zuhra 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The museum's file identifier is "Amir ibn al-Waqqas"; the printed text writes "Amir ibn Abi Waqqas" (p. 5) — the text's form is given in the full name.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Zuhra
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Al-Muttalib ibn AzharUtba ibn Mas'udThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn AzharAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbdullah ibn Sufyan al-MakhzumiAbu al-Rum ibn Umayr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Amir ibn al-Waqqas”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amer-ibn-al-waqqas/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.