Miqyas ibn Subaba
مقيس بن صبابة
January 630 CE · Ramadan 8 AH
A man of Banu Sahm who came to Medina feigning Islam to claim blood money for his brother killed accidentally; after accepting the wergild, he murdered his brother's killer and fled back to Mecca an apostate; proscribed on the day of the Conquest and slain by Numayla ibn Abdullah.
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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Summary
A man of Banu Sahm who outwardly embraced Islam to take the blood-money of his brother, killed by mistake; once he received it he betrayed the killer and slew him, then went back to Mecca an apostate polytheist. His blood was declared forfeit on the conquest day and he was killed in the market 1.
His affair and his killing
His brother Hisham ibn Subaba had been killed by mistake in the Banu al-Mustaliq expedition — a Muslim had taken him for the enemy. Miqyas came to Medina professing Islam, took his blood-money of a hundred camels, then sprang on his brother's killer and slew him, rode his mount and reached Mecca an apostate, reciting verse in which he boasted of his killing 2.
On the day Mecca was conquered the Prophet declared his blood forfeit; a man of his own people — Numayla ibn Abdullah — saw him between al-Safa and al-Marwa and killed him 3.
For young visitors
A man who claimed Islam to take the blood-money of his mistakenly slain brother; after taking the money he killed the man who had paid him and fled as an apostate — and he was killed on the conquest day in punishment for his betrayal.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Died in
- Mecca
- Participated in
- The proscribed persons on the day of the Conquest
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Khatalal-Huwayrith ibn NuqaydhThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi SarhMeccaThe proscribed persons on the day of the ConquestThe Treaty of HudaybiyyaThe early Muslim community
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/52-53
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/52
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/53
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islam.museum contributors. “Miqyas ibn Subaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/miqyas-ibn-subaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.