At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Muwayhiba, a freedman of the Prophet. The Prophet woke him in the middle of the night and said: "I have been ordered to ask forgiveness for the people of al-Baqi'. Come with me." When he stood among the graves, he said: "Peace be upon you, people of the graves. Trials have come upon you like pieces of the dark night." 1
The choice
Then he turned to Abu Muwayhiba and said: "I have been given the keys of the treasuries of this world and eternity in it, then Paradise. I have been given the choice between that and meeting my Lord and Paradise." Abu Muwayhiba said: "May my father and mother be your ransom, take the keys of this world." He replied: "No, by God, Abu Muwayhiba. I have chosen the meeting with my Lord and Paradise." 1 See the death of the Prophet.
Notes for researchers
- The report comes from Ibn Ishaq through the chain of Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As from Abu Muwayhiba. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- The night supplication at al-Baqi'· The death of the Prophet
People and things also explored
Muhammad· The death of the Prophet· The night supplication at al-Baqi'· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· The burial of the Prophet· The farewell prayer over the martyrs of Uhud· The last sermon from the minbar· The dosing of the Prophet during his illness
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/292
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/291
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Muwayhiba, client of the Prophet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-muwayhiba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.