Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba · Islam Museum

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Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Arabia
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Summary

Master of Ayla; he came to the Prophet at Tabuk, made peace with him and gave him the jizya — and the Prophet wrote him a writ of safe-conduct. ¹

In the Tabuk expedition

Ibn Ishaq names him "Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, master of Ayla", saying he came to the Prophet at Tabuk, made peace with him and gave him the jizya. ¹ The Prophet wrote him a writ of safe-conduct for the people of Ayla. ¹

Tribe

Ibn Ishaq's lineage for him: master of Ayla. ¹

Source notes and markers of doubt

The name's spelling "Yuhanna" is taken from the page image p. 169; his religion is not stated here.

Connections

Participated in: The treaty with Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, lord of Ayla
Mentioned in: The Prophet's letter of safe-conduct to Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba and the people of Ayla

People and things also explored

The treaty with Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, lord of Ayla The Prophet's letter of safe-conduct to Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba and the people of Ayla The expedition to Tabuk Muhammad Ayla Tabuk

Sources

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/169

Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yuhanna-ibn-rubah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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The treaty with Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, lord of Ayla

When the Prophet reached Tabuk, Yuhanna ibn Ru'ba, the master of Ayla, came to him, made peace and paid the jizya; the people of Jarba and Adhruh also came and paid it, and he wrote them a document they still hold. For Yuhanna and the people of Ayla he wrote a letter of safe-conduct whose text Ibn Ishaq preserves.