Yasar, herdsman of the Prophet's milch-camels
يسار راعي لقاح النبي
c. 627 CE · c. 6 AH
A slave the Prophet ﷺ acquired in the raid on Muharib and Banu Tha'laba and set over his milch-camels grazing near al-Jamma'; a party of Qays Kubba of Bajila who had been cured by the camels' milk slaughtered him and drove thorns into his eyes, and the Prophet punished them with amputation and blinding.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Life in time
Overview
A slave whom the Prophet took as spoil in the expedition against Muharib and Banu Tha'laba, and he placed him with his milch camels, which grazed in the area of al-Jamma' in the outskirts of Medina 1. Some sick men of Bajila came, and they were allowed to drink the milk of the camels and their urine until they recovered. Then they attacked him, slaughtered him, drove thorns into his eyes, and drove off the camels. Kurz ibn Jabir pursued them, and they were brought back and punished. See the report and its parallels 1.
Notes on the report
- Nothing is known of Yasar apart from this report. In the two Sahihs he is mentioned as "the Prophet's herdsman" without a name, in the report of the 'Uraniyyun (needs_source).
Connections
People and things also explored
The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)· Kurz ibn Jabir's detachment against the men of Bajila who killed Yasar· Bajila· The Prophetic Era· Kurz ibn Jabir al-Fihri· Muhammad· Medina· Emancipation of enemy slaves upon fleeing to Muslim lines
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/290
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islam.museum contributors. “Yasar, herdsman of the Prophet's milch-camels”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yasar-mawla-al-nabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.