Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami
فروة بن عمرو الجذامي
c. 630 CE · 8 AH
An Arab commander in Byzantine service governing the tribes around Ma'an in southern Syria, who embraced Islam after Mu'ta, sent the Prophet a white mule, and was crucified by the Byzantines when he refused to apostatise.
At a glance
- Roles
- Politician
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Place in the story
- OfficialtowardThe Byzantine EmpireTradition
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 629 CE · c. 8 AH†Tradition
- Martyr (as regarded) · c. 630 CE · c. 9 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
An Arab commander of Judham serving the Romans over Ma'an; he became Muslim after Mu'ta, and when the Romans set him the choice between apostasy and death he chose death and was crucified at Afra' 1.
His account
Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami was an Arab commander among the Romans' leaders and their governor over the Arabs near them; his seat was Ma'an and the lands of Syria around it 2. He became Muslim after seeing the Muslims' valour, bravery and truthfulness of encounter at the battle of Mu'ta in year 8 AH 3. He sent the Prophet a messenger with his Islam and gifted him a white mule 2. When the Romans learned of his Islam they seized and imprisoned him, then offered him the choice between apostasy and death; he chose death, so they crucified him in Palestine at a water called Afra' and struck off his head 4.
For young visitors
An Arab commander who became Muslim and sent the Prophet a gift; the Romans imprisoned him because he would not leave his religion, until they killed him.
Connections
- Member of
- Judham
- Died in
- Afra'
- Participated in
- The martyrdom of Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami
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Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, pp. 445-446
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 445
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 445; zad-al-maad
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 446
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
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islam.museum contributors. “Farwa ibn Amr al-Judhami”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/farwa-ibn-amr-al-judhami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.