Wahb ibn ʿUmayr ( ar, وهب بن عمير) was a companion of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

and the son of

Umayr ibn Wahb ʿUmayr ibn Wahb ( ar, عمير بن وهب) was one of the Companions of the Prophet, and one of the enemies of the Muslim at that time before he converted to Islam. He converted to Islam after the Battle of Badr. See also * Wahb ibn Umayr, ch ...

. He witnessed the conquest of Egypt. Wahb ibn Umayr was the leader of the Battle of Amuriyah in the Egyptian sea in 23 AH. He died as a

Mujahid ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...

while in Sham.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20050403165802/http://www.a2youth.com/islam/articles/sahabah/sahabah54.html Companions of the Prophet {{islam-bio-stub