Utba ibn Mas'ud
عتبة بن مسعود
A Companion of Hudhayl, ally of Banu Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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
A Companion of Hudhayl, ally of Banu Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia and came in the two ships. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him with Amir ibn Abi Waqqas under Banu Zuhra, describing him as "their ally of Hudhayl". 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Zuhra 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu ZuhraHudhayl
- Allied with
- Banu Zuhra
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Al-Muttalib ibn AzharAmir ibn al-WaqqasThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn AzharAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbdullah ibn Sufyan al-MakhzumiAbu al-Rum ibn Umayr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Utba ibn Mas'ud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/utba-ibn-masoud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.