At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Politician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- 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. December 630 CE · c. Ramadan 9 AH† – c. January 631 CE · c. Shawwal 9 AH†Tradition
- RulertowardThaqif · c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH†Tradition
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
The youngest of the six men of the Thaqif delegation in the year 9 AH, and the most eager to learn the Qur'an. The Prophet appointed him over his people, and he kept them firm in Islam on the day of the apostasy. 1.
His story
Uthman ibn Abi al-As (may God be pleased with him) was the youngest of the Thaqif delegation of six. 2 The delegation used to go out to the Prophet and leave Uthman behind with their baggage. When they came back, he would go to the Prophet, ask him to recite the Qur'an to him, and ask him about the religion. If he found the Prophet asleep, he went to Abu Bakr for the same purpose. 2. The Prophet appointed him over Thaqif because he was the most eager among them to understand Islam and to learn religion and the Qur'an. 2. Al-Mubarakfuri notes that he was among the greatest blessings to his people in the time of the apostasy: when Thaqif resolved to apostatize, he said, “O people of Thaqif, you were the last of the people to accept Islam, so do not be the first to abandon it.” They refused to apostatize and held firm in Islam. 1.
For young visitors
A young man in the Thaqif delegation taught himself the Qur'an every day. The Prophet made him leader of his people, and he reminded them of Islam, and they stood firm in it.
In Ibn Hisham's Sira
The Prophet appointed him over the Thaqif delegation because he was the most eager among them to understand Islam and learn the Qur'an, after Abu Bakr had recommended him. 3 When he sent him to them, the Prophet advised him: “Be lenient in the prayer, and judge people by the weakest among them, for among them are the old, the young, the weak, and the people with needs.” 4 See the delegation of Thaqif.
Connections
- Member of
- Thaqif
- Born in
- Ta'if
- Ruler of
- Ta'if
- Participated in
- The delegation of Thaqif· Conquest of Sabur· Conquest of Tawwaj· The Joint Conquests of Fars· Treaty of Darabjird· Uthman ibn Abi al-As's Raids on Tana and the Indian Coast
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 2715
People and things also explored
Abd Yalil ibn Amr· The siege of Ta'if· Thaqif· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Urwa ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi· The war between the Ahlaf and Banu Malik· The Battle of Hunayn· The delegation of Thaqif
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.448-449
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.448
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/185
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/186
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Uthman ibn Abi al-As”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/uthman-ibn-abi-al-as/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.