Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad ibn Haritha
مسعود بن الأسود بن حارثة
c. September 629 CE · Jumada I 8 AH
Companion of Quraysh, from Banu Adi ibn Ka'b; martyred at Mu'tah in Jumada I, year 8 AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
In space
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Place in the story
- Martyr (as regarded) · c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
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Connections
- Participated in
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- Died in
- Mu'tah
People and things also explored
Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawalMartyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitationMartyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horseMartyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commanderAbbad ibn QaysAbd Allah ibn Rawahaal-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn UsafJa'far ibn Abi Talib
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad ibn Haritha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/masud-ibn-al-aswad-mutah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.