Asim ibn Thabit
عاصم بن ثابت
A prominent warrior and archer of the Aws who fought at Badr and Uhud; chosen as commander of the ten scouts sent in the Expedition of al-Raji' in 4 AH, where he refused surrender and fought until martyrdom; God sent a swarm of wasps to shield his body from desecration by Quraysh.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- CommandertowardThe early Muslim community · July 625 CE · Safar 4 AH† – July 625 CE · Safar 4 AH†Tradition
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The AnsarBanu Aws
- Participated in
- The Incident of al-Raji'The affair of the Badr prisoners
People and things also explored
Khubayb ibn AdiAbdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn AtikBishr ibn al-Bara'Hudhayfa ibn al-YamanSa'd ibn Zayd al-AshhaliSafwan ibn al-Mu'attalMedina
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Asim ibn Thabit”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/asim-ibn-thabit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.