Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn al-Rabīʿ (, died in February, AD 634), was a son-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His original name was said to have been Hushaym or Yasser.

Family

He was the son of Hala bint Khuwaylid. His legal father was Al-Rabi ibn Abd al-Uzza of the Abd Shams clan of the Quraysh tribe. He became a successful merchant and was considered an important person in Mecca.

His aunt Khadija regarded him as her son, and in whom he "found no fault as an in-law." In her absence, he wrote poetry for her:

I remember Zaynab when she leaned on the waymark. I said to a person who lived in the Haram, "Water! For the daughter of the Trustworthy." May Allah reward her! Virtuous she is, and every husband praises what he knows.

Abu al-As continued his journey to Mecca and returned all his neighbours' investments to them. He then announced that he was a Muslim, "and I would have become a Muslim when I was with [Muhammad], but that I feared that you would think that I only wanted to rob you of your property." He emigrated to Medina in May or June 628.