RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair

680 - 625

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Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr (Arabic: مصعب بن عمير) also known as Muṣʿab al-Khayr ("the Good") was a sahabi (companion) of Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair has received more than 255,691 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair is the 502nd most popular religious figure (up from 588th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 33rd most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Mus‘ab ibn 'umair is most famous for being the first person to recite the Qur'an in a public gathering.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair ranks 502 out of 3,187Before him are Dorothea of Caesarea, Hasan al-Askari, Saint Eustace, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Ibn Majah, and Bruno of Cologne. After him are 13th Dalai Lama, Rāhula, Maria al-Qibtiyya, Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, and Haggai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 680, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair ranks 1After him are Saint Boniface, Empress Genshō, Wu Daozi, Aripert II, and Liutpert. Among people deceased in 625, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair ranks 3Before him are Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, and Pope Boniface V. After him are Fatimah bint Asad, Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh, and Abu Salama.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair ranks 76 out of 354Before him are Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Hasan al-Askari (846), and Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594). After him are Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair ranks 33Before him are Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595), Hasan al-Askari (846), and Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594). After him are Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), and Ali al-Hadi (829).