At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 3/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
A Companion of Hudhayl, an ally of Banu Zuhra, who emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him with Amir ibn Abi Waqqas (may God be pleased with him) among Banu Zuhra, describing him as "their ally of Hudhayl". 1
In al-Isaba
Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 5873: "Utba ibn Mas'ud al-Hudhali, full brother of Abd Allah"; from al-Zuhri: Abd Allah was no earlier in emigration than Utba, but Utba died before him — Abd al-Razzaq transmits it in the wording "he was no keener than him" — and he emigrated to Abyssinia where he stayed until he came with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib; it was also said he came earlier and witnessed Uhud and what followed. 2
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Zuhra 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Zuhra· Hudhayl
- Allied with
- Banu Zuhra
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Al-Muttalib ibn Azhar· Amir ibn al-Waqqas· The second migration to Abyssinia· Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet· Abdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn Azhar· Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi· Abu al-Rum ibn Umayr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/5
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1000
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Utba ibn Mas'ud”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/utba-ibn-masoud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.