Amir ibn Fuhayra
عامر بن فهيرة
c. 625 CE · c. 4 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
Abu Bakr's freedman who grazed a gift flock over the cave of Thawr each evening to feed the fugitives and erase Abdullah's tracks, then travelled with them to Medina and wrote Suraqa's letter of safe-conduct.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
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
Amir ibn Fuhayra, Abu Bakr's client, the third companion of the hijra 1.
At the cave
He pastured for the Prophet and Abu Bakr a gift-flock of sheep, bringing it to them as evening fell so they spent the night on its milk; each of the three nights he drove his sheep over Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr's tracks after he left for Mecca, effacing them 2.
On the journey
Connections
- Member of
- The early Muslim community
- Participated in
- The three nights in the cave of ThawrThe HijraThe Hijra route
People and things also explored
The HijraAbdullah ibn Abi BakrAbu Bakr al-SiddiqMuhammadAbdullah ibn UrayqitAbu Burayda al-AslamiAsma bint Abi BakrThe Battle of Badr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 165
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 167
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 169
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
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