At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Summary
Amir ibn Rabi'a al-Anzi, confederate of Banu Adi and then of al-Khattab father of Umar; Anza is a brother-clan of Bakr ibn Wa'il, though some attach him to Madhhij. He was among the very first to embrace Islam. 1
Migrations and campaigns
He emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Layla bint Abi Hathma (may God be pleased with her), then to Medina; Ibn Ishaq reports that he was the first emigrant to reach Medina after Abu Salama. He witnessed Badr and the battles that followed. His hadith is narrated through his son Abdallah and through Abdallah ibn Umar, Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr, Abu Usama ibn Sahl and others, and appears in both Sahihs and beyond. 2
With Umar and Uthman
He was Umar's companion when he came to al-Jabiya, and Uthman left him in charge of Medina when he went on pilgrimage. Ibn Sa'd reports that al-Khattab had adopted Amir before Islam, so that he was called Amir ibn al-Khattab until the verse commanding that men be called after their fathers was revealed. 3
Connections
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2707· Muwatta 2708
People and things also explored
Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Malik ibn Anas· Sahl ibn Hunayf· Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf· Muhammad ibn Shihab al-Zuhri· Muwatta 2707· Muwatta 2708
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.750
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.750-751
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.751
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
- Taqrib al-Tahdhib — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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islam.museum contributors. “Amir ibn Rabi'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amir-ibn-rabia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.