At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Diplomat
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 625 CE · c. 4 AH†Tradition
- OfficialtowardMuhammad · 628 CE · 7 AH†Historical
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
The raid on him on the way back
Ibn Ishaq relates that Dihya returned from Caesar, who had rewarded and clothed him. When he alighted in Wadi Shinar, al-Hunayd ibn Awis and his son, of Banu al-Dubayb, raided him and took what he had. A group from al-Dubayb recovered it for him. He came to the Prophet, told him, and asked him to avenge al-Hunayd and his son. This became Zayd ibn Haritha's expedition against Judham 1.
Connections
- Participated in
- Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Judham and the Prophet's restitution· The Letters to Rulers and Kings
- Born in
- Medina
People and things also explored
Muhammad· Rifa'a ibn Zayd al-Judhami comes to the Prophet, embraces Islam and carries his letter to his people· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· Medina· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· Conversion of Umayr ibn Wahb· The delegation of Abd al-Qays· The delegation of Banu Hanifa
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/261
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Dihya al-Kalbi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dihya-al-kalbi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.