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Uthman ibn Rabi'a

عثمان بن ربيعة

Aksum

A Companion of Banu Jumah; he emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships.

Depth

At a glance

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

Aksum

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 Banu Jumah; he emigrated to Abyssinia and came in the two ships. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him alone of Banu Jumah among those in the two ships, calling him "Uthman ibn Rabi'a ibn Ahban". 1

Tribe

He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Jumah 1

Connections

Member of
Banu Jumah
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Traveled to
Aksum

People and things also explored

Al-Harith ibn HatibFukayha bint YasarHatib ibn al-HarithHattab ibn al-HarithJabir ibn SufyanJunada ibn SufyanMuhammad ibn HatibSufyan ibn Ma'mar

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
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Al-Harith ibn Hatib

Son of Hatib ibn al-Harith and Fatima bint al-Mujallal; he arrived with his mother and brother in one of the ships.