As'ad ibn Zurara
أسعد بن زرارة
A distinguished chief of the Banu al-Najjar clan of the Khazraj in Yathrib; one of the six pioneers who embraced Islam at al-Aqaba in 620 CE, leader of the Yathrib delegates, and the naqib of Banu al-Najjar at the Second Pledge of Aqaba.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Notable
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 620 CETradition
- Companion · c. 620 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The AnsarBanu Khazraj
- Participated in
- First encounter with the six Ansar at al-AqabaThe HijraThe Pledges of AqabaThe building of the Prophet's Mosque
People and things also explored
MuhammadMedinaThe AnsarThe Prophetic EraThe HijraThe Pledges of AqabaThe MuhajirunAbdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “As'ad ibn Zurara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asad-ibn-zurara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.