Usfan
عسفان
A settlement two stages from Mecca on the Medina road; there Abu Sufyan met Budayl ibn Warqa' coming back from Medina, and there the Prophet's army passed on the march of the conquest.
At a glance
- Region
- Arabia
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In space
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Summary
A spot two stages from Mecca on the Medina road; there Abu Sufyan met Budayl ibn Warqa' returning from Medina in a mutual exchange of deception 1. The conquest army passed it on the Ramadan march 2.
For young visitors
A station on the road between Mecca and Medina where two men met, each hiding his true news from the other.
Connections
- Site of
- Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina
- Located in
- Mecca
People and things also explored
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-WatirAbu Bakr al-SiddiqAbu Sufyan ibn HarbAli ibn Abi TalibFatima bint MuhammadMuhammadUmar ibn al-Khattab
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/37-38
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/42
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islam.museum contributors. “Usfan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/asfan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.