Dhimad al-Azdi
ضماد الأزدي
An Azdi physician and traditional healer from Azd Shanu'a who arrived in Mecca and offered to treat the Prophet Muhammad after hearing claims that he was mad; upon hearing the Prophet's Khutbat al-Hajah, he declared Islam immediately and pledged his tribe's allegiance.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Physician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 619 CETradition
- Companion · c. 619 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-DawsiThe conversion of Abu QuhafaThe conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn HarbAli's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)Conversion of Umayr ibn WahbThe delegation and mission to HamdanThe delegation of Thaqif
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “Dhimad al-Azdi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dhimad-al-azdi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.