At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · Notable
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Interlocutor · c. 620 CETradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Islam at the pilgrimage season
He came to Mecca for the pilgrimage or the lesser pilgrimage. The Prophet offered him Islam, and he said, “Perhaps what you have is like what I have.” The Prophet offered him the wisdom of Luqman. The Prophet said that he had something better than that, and he recited the Qur'an to him. Suwayd became Muslim and said, “This is indeed a good saying.” (the offer of Islam to the tribes) 1 2 3.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- Banu Aws
- Participated in
- Offering Islam to the tribes at the pilgrim season
People and things also explored
Iyas ibn Mu'adh· Muhammad· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.131
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.132
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/424-425
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Suwayd ibn Samit”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/suwayd-ibn-samit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.