Umayr ibn Ri'ab · Islam Museum

Depth

At a glance

Roles: Companion
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
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In time

al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abu Dharr al-Ghifari · Abu Hurayra

In space

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Refugees, migrants and diaspora

Place in the story

CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia and was killed at Ayn al-Tamr with Khalid ibn al-Walid in Abu Bakr's caliphate. ¹

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him last of the eleven men of Banu Sahm, and says he was killed at Ayn al-Tamr with Khalid ibn al-Walid on the way back from al-Yamama in Abu Bakr's caliphate. ¹

Tribe

He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Sahm ¹

Connections

Member of: Banu Sahm
Died in: Ayn al-Tamr
Participated in: Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi Abu Qays ibn al-Harith Al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi Al-Sa'ib ibn al-Harith Bishr ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi Mahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi

Sources

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8

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islam.museum contributors. “Umayr ibn Ri'ab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umayr-ibn-riab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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Wing

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet

Of Banu Sahm, whom Ibn Ishaq calls 'the poet'; he emigrated to Abyssinia and died there.