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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
A man of Banu Sahm who professed Islam in order to take the blood-money for his brother, who had been killed by mistake. After receiving the money he betrayed the killer and slew him, then went back to Mecca as an apostate polytheist. His blood was declared forfeit on the day of the conquest, and he was killed in the market 1.
His story and his death
His brother Hisham ibn Subaba had been killed by mistake during the expedition against Banu al-Mustaliq, when a man of the Muslims took him for an enemy. Miqyas came to Medina outwardly professing Islam and took the blood-money of a hundred camels. Then he sprang upon his brother's killer and slew him, mounted his riding-camel, and rode to Mecca, where he apostatized, reciting verses in which he boasted of his killing 2.
On the day Mecca was conquered, the Prophet ﷺ declared his blood forfeit. A man of his own people, Numayla ibn Abdullah, saw him between al-Safa and al-Marwa and killed him 3.
For young visitors
A man who claimed to be a Muslim in order to take the blood-money of his brother, who had been killed by mistake. After he took the money, he killed the man who had paid it and fled as an apostate. He was killed on the day of the conquest, and the account attributes this to his treachery.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Died in
- Mecca
- Participated in
- The proscribed persons on the day of the Conquest
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Khatal· al-Huwayrith ibn Nuqaydh· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh· Mecca· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· The proscribed persons on the day of the Conquest
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/52-53
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/52
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/53
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Miqyas ibn Subaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/miqyas-ibn-subaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.