Muhammad ibn Maslamah

Muhammad ibn Maslamah
Muhammad ibn Maslamah
محمد بن مسلمة
Born	c. 588 or 591; Medina, Hejaz
Died	c. 663 or 666 (aged 77–78) (43/44 or 46/47 AH); Medina, Arabia, Umayyad Caliphate
Occupations	First chain narrator of Hadith; Zakat and tax collector; Caliphate law enforcement agent;
Spouses	Umm Amr bint Salama; Amra bint Masud; Qutayla bint al-Husayn; Zahra bint Ammar; A woman from the Atba clan of the Banu Kalb tribe; Two concubines;
Children	15
Parent(s)	Maslamah ibn Khalid (father), Umm Sahm Khulayda bint Abi Ubayda (mother)
Relatives	Banu Aws branch of Zahran tribe (clan); Azd (tribe);
Military career
Allegiance	Medina; Rashidun Caliphate;
Service/branch	Rashidun army

Muhammad ibn Maslamah al-Ansari (Arabic: محمد بن مسلمة الأنصاري, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Maslamah al-Anṣārī; c. 588 or 591 – c. 663 or 666) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was known as "The Knight of Allah's Prophet".^: 349 His kunya was Abu Abdullah or Abu Abdurrahman. Ibn Maslamah embraced Islam before the Hijrah of Muhammad and his followers. Ibn Maslamah witnessed all the battles except for the expedition of Tabuk, as he was appointed as deputy governor of Medina during the campaign.

During the time of the Rashidun Caliphate, Ibn Maslamah participated in the Muslim conquest of Egypt under Zubayr ibn al-Awwam. For the rest of Caliph Umar's reign, Ibn Maslamah was put in charge as the personal agent of Umar to oversee his governors.

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