At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · governor · Transmitter
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Global / Diaspora
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
Summary
A Companion from Hadramawt, whose father settled in Mecca where al-Ala was born; the Prophet made him governor of Bahrain with the collection of alms and gave him a writing on the rates of zakat for camels, cattle, sheep, fruit and goods; Abu Bakr and Umar confirmed him; al-Sa'ib ibn Yazid and Abu Hurayra transmitted from him; he is said to be the first Muslim to ride the sea for a raid. 1
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 6204: "al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami, whose name was Abd Allah ibn Imad ibn Akbar ibn Rabi'a ibn Malik ibn Uwayf al-Hadrami; his father had settled in Mecca and allied with Harb ibn Umayya, the father of Abu Sufyan, and al-Ala had several brothers, among them Amr ibn al-Hadrami." 2
Connections
People and things also explored
Muhammad· The Prophetic Era· al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayya al-Makhzumi· al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi· Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· The Treaty of Hudaybiyya· Abd al-Qays
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.7842
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1051
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami (Companion, governor of Bahrain)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-ala-ibn-al-hadrami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.