At a glance
- Roles
- Politician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- RulertowardBahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)Tradition
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammadTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
A great man of Bahrain from Abd al-Qays. The Prophet sent al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami to him before the conquest of Mecca, and he embraced Islam and his Islam was good. 1
In Ibn Hisham's biography
Ibn Ishaq ends the account of the delegation of Abd al-Qays by saying that the Prophet had sent al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami before the conquest of Mecca to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi, and that he embraced Islam and his Islam was good. Then he died after the Messenger of God, before the apostasy of the people of Bahrain, and al-Ala was with him as the Messenger of God's governor over Bahrain. See the Islam of al-Mundhir ibn Sawa. 1 The Sealed Nectar counts him among the kings of the Arabs to whom the Prophet wrote after al-Hudaybiyya. See the letters to the rulers and kings. 2
Connections
- Member of
- Abd al-Qays
- Ruler of
- Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)
- Participated in
- Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· The Letters to Rulers and Kings
People and things also explored
Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· Abd al-Qays· Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)· Al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami (Companion, governor of Bahrain)· Muhammad· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· The delegation of Abd al-Qays· al-Jarud al-Abdi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/222
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.358
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mundhir-ibn-sawa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.