Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal
صفوان بن المعطل
A righteous Companion and veteran warrior from Banu Sulaym assigned to travel behind the army to collect dropped luggage; when he found Aisha left behind at al-Muraysi', he recognized her, lowered his camel without uttering a word beyond 'Inna lillahi wa-inna ilayhi raji'un', and safely escorted her to Medina; he was martyred during the Armenian conquests.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- 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
- Companion · c. 624 CE · c. 2 AH†Tradition
- Martyr (as regarded) · c. 638 CE · c. 17 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)
People and things also explored
Hassan ibn ThabitAbdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn AtikAsim ibn ThabitBishr ibn al-Bara'Hudhayfa ibn al-YamanSa'd ibn Zayd al-AshhaliMedina
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. “Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/safwan-ibn-al-muattal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.