At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Martyr (as regarded) · c. September 629 CE · c. Jumada I 8 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad ibn Haritha ibn Nadhla, a Qurashi Companion from the Banu Adi ibn Ka'b. 1
Martyrdom
Connections
- Participated in
- The Battle of Mu'tah
- Died in
- Mu'tah
People and things also explored
Khalid ibn al-Walid's command and the army's withdrawal· Martyrdom of Abd Allah ibn Rawaha after his hesitation· Martyrdom of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and his hamstringing of his horse· Martyrdom of Zayd ibn Haritha as first commander· Abbad ibn Qays· Abd Allah ibn Rawaha· al-Harith ibn al-Nu'man ibn Usaf· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad ibn Haritha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/masud-ibn-al-aswad-mutah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.