Who Was Appointed the Imam of the Ka'bah After the Conquest of Makkah?

7-7-2026 | IslamWeb

Question:

Who Was Appointed the Imam of the Ka'bah After the Conquest of Makkah?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

It is likely to be Hubayrah Ibn Sabal Ibn Al-'Ajlān Ibn 'Attāb Al-Thaqafī may Allaah be pleased with him. It is mentioned in Al-Istī'āb fī Ma'rifat Al-Aṣḥāb by Ibn 'Abd Al-Barr may Allaah have mercy upon him: "Hubayrah Ibn Sabal Ibn Al-'Ajlān Ibn 'Attāb Al-Thaqafī may Allaah be pleased with him – he was the first to lead the people in congregational prayer in Makkah after the Conquest [of Makkah], and he was commanded by The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) to do so. He embraced Islam at Al-Ḥudaybiyah, and the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) appointed him as his deputy over Makkah when he sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) set out for Al-Ṭā'if, as mentioned by Al-Ṭabarī." (End of citation)

Similarly, Ibn Ḥajar may Allaah have mercy upon him states in Al-Iṣābah: "Abd Al-Razzāq reported from Ibn Jurayj: 'I was informed that the first to lead the people in congregational prayer in Makkah after the Conquest was Hubayrah Ibn Sabal Ibn 'Ajlān. The Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) commanded him to lead the people in prayer. He was a man from Thaqīf who came to the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) while he was at Al-Ḥudaybiyah.' This was likewise reported by Al-Fākihī and Abū 'Arūbah in Al-Awā'il, via the transmission chain of Ibn Jurayj." (End of citation)

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