Urwah ibn Masud ( ar, عُرْوَة ٱبْن مَسْعُود, ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd) is a

Thaqif The Banu Thaqif ( ar, بنو ثقيف, Banū Thaqīf) is an Arab tribe which inhabited, and still inhabits, the city of Ta'if and its environs, in modern Saudi Arabia, and played a prominent role in early Islamic history. During the pre-Islami ...

i chieftain of

Taif Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...

who became a companion of

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. He was one of the first people from his tribe to accept

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, and he was killed by his fellow chieftains while preaching Islam in his home city. He was a brother of Barza bint Mas'ud, who married Safwan ibn Umayya. He was one of the notables of

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who entered the negotiations regarding the peace of Hudaybiyah on behalf of

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. He said, "I have visited the kings of

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and

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, but I have not seen any leader more revered and respected by his people than Muhammad. If he ordered them to do anything, they do it without delay. If he performs

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( ar, وُضُوء, Wuḍūʾ) they all seek the remainder of the water he used. They never look at him in the eyes, out of respect."

Personal life

By his wife Amina bint Abi Sufyan, he had a son named Dawud, who married his maternal cousin,

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Appearance

In a

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reported in

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, Muhammad mentioned that ʿĪsā ( ar, عِيسَىٰ,

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) resembled ibn Mas'ud closest in appearance.

, Book 41, Hadith 7023 By descriptions of 'Isa attributed to Muhammed, this would indicate reddish complexion, moderate height and curly, flowing hair.

Death

After Urwa became Muslim, he returned to

Ta'if Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...

and preached about

to his people. But his people didn't like that he was Muslim and struck him with arrows.

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from witness-pioneer.org. Banu Thaqif Companions of the Prophet 6th-century Arabs {{islam-bio-stub

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