Banu Sahm

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Banu Sahm is a Quraysh clan descended from Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b; among its Abyssinia emigrants was Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi (may God be pleased with him), the Prophet ﷺ's envoy to Khusraw.

Banu Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b, a Quraysh clan Ibn Ishaq lists in the Abyssinia emigration rolls. Carried on the two ships: Mahmiyya ibn al-Jaz; and among the rest of the emigrants: Abdullah ibn al-Harith the poet, Qays ibn Hudhafa (may God be pleased with him), Abu Qays ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him), Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi (may God be pleased with him), al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi and Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi — among them Abdullah ibn Hudhafa, whom the Prophet ﷺ sent with his letter to Khusraw of Persia.

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Banu Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b, a Quraysh clan Ibn Ishaq lists in the Abyssinia emigration rolls by its line 'Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b'. Carried on the two ships: Mahmiyya ibn al-Jaz. Among the rest of the Abyssinia emigrants: Abdullah ibn al-Harith the poet, Qays ibn Hudhafa (may God be pleased with him), Abu Qays ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him), Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi (may God be pleased with him), al-Harith ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi and Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Sahmi — and of this clan is Abdullah ibn Hudhafa, whom the Prophet ﷺ sent with his letter to Khusraw of Persia.

Summary

Ibn Ishaq gives this clan in the lists of the Abyssinian emigrants by its lineage: "Sahm ibn Amr ibn Husays ibn Ka'b". ¹ ²

Of this clan in the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Carried in the two ships:

Mahmiyya ibn al-Jaz' ¹

From the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants:

Abyssinian emigrant women:

Ramla bint Abi Awf ³

Among the allies at Hilf al-Fudul (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 60)

Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum counts this clan among the "allies" against whom a man of Zubayd (al-Zubaydi) sought redress when al-As ibn Wa'il withheld his right. They were Abd al-Dar, Makhzum, Jumah, Sahm and Adi, and they paid him no heed. That was the cause of the Pact of al-Fudul, which Banu Hashim, Banu al-Muttalib, Asad, Zuhra and Taym formed ⁴ ⁵.

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Sources

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/5

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/8

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/7

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.60

Mukhtasar Sirat al-Rasul — al-Najdi , p.30-31

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.

At a glance

Summary

Of this clan in the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Among the allies at Hilf al-Fudul (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 60)

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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib