At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In space
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Dimam ibn Tha'laba al-Sa'di, of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr 1.
His hadith
He is mentioned in the hadith of Anas in the two Sahihs: "While we were with the Prophet, a desert Arab came and said: Which of you is Ibn Abd al-Muttalib?" In it he embraced Islam and said: "I am a messenger of those behind me among my people, and I am Dimam ibn Tha'laba" 1. Ibn Hajar notes that the hadith turns in Bukhari on al-Layth from Sa'id al-Maqburi from Sharik from Anas. Bukhari also cited it in suspended form, and Muslim connected it through Sulayman ibn al-Mughira from Thabit from Anas 1.
At the end of the text, after he asked about the gross sins, he said: "By God, we used to keep clear of them in the Jahiliyya." When he turned to leave, the Messenger of God said: "Instruct the man" 1.
The Companions' praise of him
Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) used to say: "I have never seen anyone better at asking questions, or more concise, than Dimam ibn Tha'laba" 1. In Abu Dawud's report from Ibn Abbas: "Banu Sa'd sent Dimam ibn Tha'laba to the Prophet." At its end: "We have never heard of the delegate of any people who was better than Dimam" 1.
His dwelling
When did he come?
In Ibn Hisham's Sira
Ibn Ishaq relates the account of his delegation in detail, through Muhammad ibn al-Walid ibn Nuwayfi' from Kurayb from Ibn Abbas. Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr sent him. He made his camel kneel at the door of the mosque and went in. He was a sturdy, hairy man with two braids, and he asked: "Which of you is Ibn Abd al-Muttalib?" Then he adjured the Prophet by God concerning each obligation of Islam. When he had finished, he bore witness to the two testimonies and promised to perform the obligations without adding to them or diminishing them. The Prophet said: "If the man with the two braids speaks the truth, he will enter Paradise." 3 4 4
On returning to his people, he denounced al-Lat and al-Uzza. They frightened him with leprosy, scabies and madness, but he called them to Islam, and the people of his settlement embraced it before evening; see the arrival of Dimam ibn Tha'laba 4 5. The editors explain "the two braids" as two plaits of hair 4.
Opinions on the question
The question: In which year did Dimam ibn Tha'laba come to the Prophet?
First opinion · Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
More opinions (1)
Sunni tradition (the museum's frame)Main reference
Connections
- Lived in
- Kufa
- Member of
- Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr
- Participated in
- Dimam ibn Tha'laba comes as the envoy of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr
People and things also explored
Dimam ibn Tha'laba comes as the envoy of Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr· Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr· Hawazin· Adi ibn Hatim· al-Ash'ath ibn Qays· al-Bara' ibn Azib· al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt· Furat ibn Hayyan
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 714
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 715
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/219
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/220
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/221
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islam.museum contributors. “Dimam ibn Tha'laba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/dimam-ibn-thalaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.