At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Uthman ibn Talha ibn Abi Talha al-Abdari, "the House's doorkeeper"; his mother Umm Sa'id bint al-Aws 1.
Before his Islam
His Islam
He became Muslim in the al-Hudaybiyya truce and emigrated with Khalid ibn al-Walid; he witnessed the conquest with the Prophet, who gave him the Ka'ba's key 1. In the two Sahihs, in Ibn Umar's hadith: "the Prophet entered the Ka'ba, and with him entered Bilal, Uthman ibn Talha (may God be pleased with him) and Usama ibn Zayd (may God be pleased with him)" 1.
A rejected report
Ibn Hajar mentions that al-Tha'labi's Tafsir has, without chain, under al-Nisa' 58, that Uthman became Muslim only on the conquest day after the Prophet handed him the House's key. He rules it "rejected" — the established account is that he became Muslim and emigrated with Amr ibn al-As (may God be pleased with him) and Khalid ibn al-Walid 1.
His death
He settled at Medina until he died there in 42 AH — said al-Waqidi and Ibn al-Barqi; or it is said he was martyred at Ajnadayn — al-Askari said that is false 2.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Abd al-Dar
- Participated in
- The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1186
People and things also explored
Quraysh· Mecca· Khalid ibn al-Walid· The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir· The Prophetic Era· Bilal ibn Rabah· Muhammad· Umar ibn al-Khattab
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 1006
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 1007
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islam.museum contributors. “Uthman ibn Talha”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/uthman-ibn-talha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.