At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Pilgrimages and mass gatherings
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
A Qurashi Companion who called out the Prophet's words to the people at Arafat during the Farewell Sermon, relaying his words to the great crowd 1.
His account
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 2634: "Rabi'a ibn Umayya ibn Khalaf ibn Wahb ibn Hadhafa ibn Jamh, the Qurashi of the Jamhi clan, brother of Safwan"; he records that he became Muslim on the day of the Conquest, witnessed the Farewell Pilgrimage and has a musnad hadith from it, and that the Prophet ordered him to stand beneath the breast of his mount. 4
The wine incident and his exile
The entry narrates with a chain to al-Zuhri from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib that Umar exiled Rabi'a ibn Umayya ibn Khalaf over wine, and that Rabi'a drank wine in Umar's time, fled to Syria, then fled to the Caesar and became Christian, dying there. 4 The entry also records Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (may God be pleased with him)'s report of standing night-guard with Umar in Medina: they saw Rabi'a's house with raised voices of drink inside, and Umar turned away citing "do not spy". 4
For young visitors
A strong-voiced man who stood beside the Prophet repeating the words of his sermon in a loud voice so that all the people at Arafat could hear.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Jumah
- Participated in
- The Farewell Sermon at Arafat
- Mentioned in
- The Farewell Sermon· Muwatta 1561
People and things also explored
The Farewell Sermon at Arafat· Muhammad· Umar ibn al-Khattab· The Farewell Sermon· The Farewell Pilgrimage· The sermon of the Day of Sacrifice at Mina· al-Nasīʾ (Intercalation)· Quraysh
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 460
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p. 460; ibn-hisham-sira
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , pp. 459-460
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.458
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Rabi'a ibn Umayya ibn Khalaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rabia-ibn-umayya-ibn-khalaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.