Mistah ibn Uthatha
مسطح بن أثاثة
An early Muhajir Companion and Badri veteran from Banu al-Muttalib, maternal cousin of Abu Bakr who provided for him; drawn into repeating the slander against Aisha, he received the prescribed punishment; when Abu Bakr swore to cut his financial aid, God revealed Surat al-Nur 24:22 urging forgiveness, after which Abu Bakr restored and increased his stipend.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveThe poor and the worker
Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 612 CETradition
- Companion · c. 612 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Mecca
- Member of
- The Muhajirun
- Participated in
- The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Expedition of Rabigh
People and things also explored
The Muhajirun· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)· al-Miqdad ibn Amr· The Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')· The first migration to Abyssinia· The Hijra· Quraysh· The Prophetic Era
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mistah ibn Uthatha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mistah-ibn-uthatha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.