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Shayba ibn Uthman

شَيْبَة بْن عُثْمَان

Shaybah ibn ʿUthmān

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Biography

A Qurayshī of Banū ʿAbd al-Dār whose father was killed fighting the Muslims at Uḥud, and who accepted Islam only a week before at the Conquest, his faith still on his tongue, not yet in his heart. In the chaos of the rout at Ḥunayn, seeing the Prophet nearly alone, he galloped up behind him to avenge his father. He said a blinding light rose to burn him and he shielded his face; the Prophet turned, understood, and prayed three times, "O Allāh, drive Satan from Shaybah and guide him." Faith entered his heart at once, and he fought that day beside the Prophet and lived a pious life thereafter.

Significance

The would-be assassin at Ḥunayn whose heart the Prophet's ﷺ duʿāʾ turned mid-charge, a vivid proof of guidance overtaking a soul.

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