At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 627 CE · c. 6 AH†Tradition
- CommandertowardThe early Muslim community · 628 CE · 7 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
In the raid on Banu Fazara
Ibn Ishaq reports that Salama ibn Amr ibn al-Akwa took a girl, the daughter of Umm Qirfa, during the raid of Zayd ibn Haritha on Banu Fazara. The Prophet asked him for her, and he gave her to Hazn ibn Abi Wahb. 1
Connections
- Participated in
- Zayd ibn Haritha's raid on Banu Fazara and the killing of Umm Qirfa· The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)· The Conquest of Khaybar
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- Aslam
- Mentioned in
- Muslim 2405 — The Khaybar banner given to Ali
People and things also explored
Muhammad· Abu Hurayra· Safiyya bint Huyayy· Hassan ibn Thabit's poem enumerating the Ansar's campaigns with the Prophet· The Conquest of Khaybar· The Expedition of Dhu Qarad (Ghazwat al-Ghaba)· Kurz ibn Jabir's detachment against the men of Bajila who killed Yasar· The Prophetic Era
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/266
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih Muslim
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Salama ibn al-Akwa'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salama-ibn-al-akwa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.