At a glance
- Roles
- military
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Overview
Abu Qatada ibn Rib'i al-Ansari — it is well known that his name was al-Harith. Iyas ibn Salama reported from his father that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: the best of our horsemen is Abu Qatada; and Abu Nudra reported from Abu Sa'id that he was better than him. 1
His campaigns
Ibn Sa'd said he witnessed Uhud and what came after; Abu Ahmad al-Hakim said it is claimed he was a Badr veteran. One report has him guarding the Prophet on the night of Badr, and the Prophet praying for him; another that when the polytheists broke away toward the Prophet's milch-camels he caught up with them and killed Mas'ada, and the Prophet said on seeing him: the face has prospered. 1
His old age and death
Abd al-Razzaq transmitted from Ma'mar from Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Aqil that when Mu'awiya came to Medina he said to Abu Qatada: everyone came out to meet me except you Ansar. Al-Bukhari counted him in al-Awsat among those who died between fifty and sixty AH, and related that Marwan, as Mu'awiya's governor of Medina, sent for him to show him the places where the Prophet and his Companions had stood, and he went with him and showed him. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
Malik ibn Anas· Muwatta, Book of drinks (ashriba)· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Muhammad· Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari· Muslim 1162 — The fast of Arafah expiates two years· Muwatta 2449· Muwatta 2731
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1747
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
- Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi
- Taqrib al-Tahdhib — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Qatada al-Ansari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-qatada-al-ansari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.