Mus'ab ibn Umayr
مصعب بن عمير
c. 585 CE – 23 March 625 CE · 15 Sha'ban 3 AH
A refined young Qurayshi of wealth who embraced Islam early and was sent to Medina before the Hijra as the community's first emissary and teacher; killed bearing the standard at Uhud.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Da'wa and Christian missionBattlesConverts and those who leave
Place in the story
- Convert to Islam · c. 613 CETradition
- Companion · c. 613 CETradition
- MissionarytowardMedina · 621 CE – 622 CE · 1 BH†Tradition
- Martyr (as regarded) · 23 March 625 CE · 7 Shawwal 3 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
- Spouse of
- Hamna bint Jahsh
- Born in
- Mecca
- Died in
- Mount Uhud
- Member of
- Banu Abd al-DarQurayshThe early Muslim community
- Converted under
- Muhammad
- Participated in
- The first migration to AbyssiniaThe Battle of BadrThe Battle of UhudThe affair of the Badr prisonersThe persecution of the vulnerable MuslimsThe Pledges of AqabaBurial of the Uhud martyrsDefense of the Prophet at UhudUhud war council and Muslim mobilization
People and things also explored
The Battle of UhudMuhammadHamza ibn Abd al-MuttalibMeccaThe early Muslim communityThe Battle of BadrUmar ibn al-KhattabMedina
Sources
- Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
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