Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud
نعيم بن مسعود
A shrewd chieftain of Banu Ashja' of Ghatafan who converted to Islam secretly during the siege of the Trench; instructed by the Prophet that 'war is deceit', he successfully sowed mutual distrust between the confederate leaders (Quraysh and Ghatafan) and Banu Qurayza, precipitating the collapse of the siege.
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 leaveBattles
Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · 627 CE · 6 AH†Tradition
- Companion · 627 CE · 6 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- Ghatafan
- Participated in
- The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)
People and things also explored
The early Muslim communityHudhayfa ibn al-YamanThe Siege and Judgment of Banu QurayzaBanu QurayzaSalman al-FarisiThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)Ka'b ibn AsadMuhammad
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nuaym-ibn-masud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.