Surāqa ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum al-Kinānī (Arabic: سراقة بن مالك بن جعشم الكناني) was a member of the Kinana tribe who converted to Islam.

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When Muhammad and Abu Bakr fled from Mecca, the Quraysh announced a reward of 100 camels for anyone who tracked them down. Suraqa ibn Malik was a skilled tracker, and sought to pursue them and collect the bounty.

He succeeded in finding the travelers, but as soon as he caught sight of them, Muhammad reportedly prayed, "O Allah, protect us from him by whatever means You will.”^[1] Subsequently, his horse became mired in deep sand. As he was within bow-range of the Prophet and Abu Bakr, he attempted to fire an arrow at them, but as he did his hands suffered from paralysis. He cried out, "O Muhammad, pray for me in order that my mare could get out of this mess. I promise I will retrace my steps and give up the pursuit."

In the narration of Ahmad, Suraqa said, "O Muhammad, I know that this is because of you; pray to Allah to save me from my predicament, and by Allah I shall divert away from you any one who is behind me of those who are seeking you. Here is my quiver, take one arrow. You are going to pass by some camels and sheep of mine in such and such a place, take whatever you need from there." Muhammad said, "I have no need of it." Then he prayed for him as requested.

After he prayed for him, Suraqa's mount was able to free itself from the sand. Suraqa, however, did not honor his promise, and resumed his pursuit. As he approached Muhammad, his mount got stuck in the sand again. Suraqa again prayed: ‘O Prophet, if I was released again, I would surrender my arms and return to Mecca never to pursue you. I would dissuade even others from pursuing you.’

Muhammad prayed again, and again the horse freed itself. Suraqa then declared that Muhammad’s religion would prevail one day and requested Muhammad to hand him a written promise that he would be honoured whenever Muhammad became the head of the Islamic state. Abu Bakr wrote the promise at the behest of Muhammad on a bone and handed it over to Suraqa. As he began to return, Muhammad told him that he would one day wear the bracelets of Khusrow II of Persia. He asked in wonderment if Muhammad meant the bracelets of Khusrow ibn Hormuz (or Khosrow II, son of Hormizd IV), the Persian king. Muhammad nodded in acknowledgment.

Suraqa encountered several contingents of Quraysh who were looking for Muhammad and persuaded them to get back to Mecca as he had found no trace of the pair on the route to Medina. The only person whom he told of his encounter was Abu Jahl, who reproached him for his cowardice.