As'ad ibn Zurarah

Asad ibn Zurara (died 623), often known by his kunya Abu Umama, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first chief in Medina to become a Muslim.

Asad was the son of Zurara ibn Udas and Suwad (al-Furaya) bint Rafi, both of the Malik branch of the Najjar clan of the Khazraj tribe in Medina. He had a brother, Saad, and two sisters, al-Faria and Ruwayba.Saad ibn Muadh, an important chief of the Aws tribe, was their maternal first cousin.

He married Amira (Umayra) bint Sahl, also from the Malik ibn Najjar clan, and they had three daughters: al-Furaya, Habiba and Kabsha. By 620 he had become the leader of the Najjar clan.

Asad was a monotheist; yet he hated the Jews.

Medina was a divided city. The Khazraj and Aws tribes fought each other and also raided the Jews. The Jews warned the polytheists: "A prophet will be sent soon. His day is at hand. We shall follow him and kill you by his aid as Ad and Iram perished."

In 620 Asad had a legal dispute with Dhakwan ibn Abd Qays. During the pilgrimage season that summer, they both travelled to Mecca, hoping that Utba ibn Rabia could settle it for them. Utba told them about Muhammad, "who believes he is a messenger of God." Muhammad was at that time looking for military allies against the Quraysh. He offered himself as a prophet to any tribe that would listen. Dhakwan, who knew of Asad's monotheism, told him, "Leave him; this is your creed!"

Together with five friends, Asad met up with Muhammad just outside Mecca. On hearing that they were of the Khazraj tribe, Muhammad asked if they were allies of the Jews. They said they were, so he invited them to sit with him. He explained Islam to them and recited the Qur'an. When they heard Muhammad's message they said one to another: "This is the very prophet of whom the Jews warned us. Don't let them get to him before we do!" Asad was the first to accept Muhammad's teachings and become a Muslim, and his five friends followed. Muhammad asked them to support him in bringing his message to his people. They told him, "No tribe is so divided by hatred and rancour as ours. Perhaps God will unite them through you. So let us go to them and invite them to this religion of yours; and if God unites them in it, then no man will be mightier than you."

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