Dihya al-Kalbi
دحية الكلبي
A handsome and noble Companion from Banu Kalb; Gabriel frequently appeared in his likeness; chosen by the Prophet as his diplomatic envoy to Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium; later fought in the conquest of Syria.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Diplomat
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 625 CE · c. 4 AH†Tradition
- OfficialtowardMuhammad · 628 CE · 7 AH†Historical
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Participated in
- The Letters to Rulers and Kings
People and things also explored
MuhammadThe Letters to Rulers and KingsMedinaConversion of Umayr ibn WahbThe delegation of Abd al-QaysThe delegation of Banu HanifaThe delegation and mission to HamdanThe delegation of Thaqif
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “Dihya al-Kalbi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dihya-al-kalbi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.