ʼAsʽad the Perfect, (), called Abū Karīb, full name: Abu Karib As'ad Ibn Hassan MalikiKarib Yuha'min, was king (Tubba', ) of the Himyarite Kingdom (modern day Yemen). He ruled Yemen from 378-430. ʼAsʽad is cited in some sources as the first of several kings of the Arabian Peninsula to convert to Judaism. He was the first one to cover the Kaaba with the kiswah.