Abd al-Qays

A tribe of Rabi'a in Bahrain; Ibn Ishaq calls al-Jarud "brother of Abd al-Qays". ¹

al-Jarud came with the delegation of Abd al-Qays to the Prophet, embraced Islam, and his companions embraced it too. ¹ When the Prophet died, those of the tribe who had converted returned to their former religion under al-Gharur ibn al-Mundhir; al-Jarud stood up and called them back to Islam. ² Before the conquest of Mecca the Prophet had sent al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi, who embraced Islam; al-Ala was the Prophet's governor over Bahrain. ²

Their first delegation, in the year 5 AH, with al-Ashajj al-Asri, and their questions about drinks, as recorded in The Sealed Nectar and the two Sahihs. ³