Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida
قطبة بن عامر بن حديدة
A Khazraji companion — one of the six Ansar who first met the Prophet at al-Aqaba and among its twelve nuqaba' — who witnessed Badr, and in Safar 9 AH commanded the twenty-man raid against a Khath'am clan near Tabala.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
BattlesSkirmishes, raids and expeditions
Place in the story
- CompaniontowardMuhammadTradition
- CommandertowardQutba ibn Amir's raid on Khath'am · 631 CE · 10 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida al-Ansari al-Khazraji; one of the six Khazraj who met the Prophet at the first Aqaba meeting, and one of its twelve deputies — he witnessed Badr and the pledges 1.
The Kha'tham detachment
In Safar of year 9 AH the Prophet placed him over a detachment of twenty men on ten camels they rode in turns, to a tribe of Kha'tham in the region of Tabala; he launched the raid, they fought a hard fight, and the Muslims drove off the cattle, women and sheep to Medina 1.
For young visitors
Qutba was among the first of Medina's people to believe in the Prophet at Aqaba before the hijra; he witnessed Badr and later led a detachment in the south of the Peninsula.
Connections
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- Qutba ibn Amir's raid on Khath'amFirst encounter with the six Ansar at al-Aqaba
People and things also explored
The AnsarThe Prophetic EraAs'ad ibn ZuraraMuhammadFirst encounter with the six Ansar at al-AqabaExpedition of al-SawiqExpedition of BuhranExpedition of Dhu Amarr
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 426
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islam.museum contributors. “Qutba ibn Amir ibn Hadida”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qutba-ibn-amir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.