At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- VictimTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Umara ibn al-Walid, a young man of Quraysh whom the leaders of Quraysh presented to Abu Talib, so that he would take him as a son in exchange for handing over his nephew, the Prophet ﷺ, to be killed 1.
What is not covered here
al-Raheeq al-Makhtum does not, at this point, give his lineage or his later reports. They will be completed from other sources when he is mentioned.
For young visitors
Umara ibn al-Walid was among the early Muslims in Mecca, and the polytheists tortured him when he embraced Islam.
Connections
People and things also explored
The Prophetic Era· Mecca· Abu Fakiha· Mus'ab ibn Umayr· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib· The first migration to Abyssinia· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Abu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.97
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Umara ibn al-Walid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umara-ibn-al-walid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.