Banu Tamim

Banu Tamim is a large Arab tribe of Najd, tracing back to Tamim ibn Murr. Their men came to the Prophet ﷺ in delegations and embraced Islam, and some fought in the conquests. Their clans still live in Arabia and Iraq today.

Banu Tamim is one of the greatest Adnani Arab tribes, tracing descent to Tamim ibn Murr ibn Adad ibn Amr ibn Ilyas, its homeland Najd and the lands between Mecca and Basra. They came to the Prophet ﷺ in the Year of Delegations — the delegations of Banu Darim and of al-Harith ibn Ghaziyya among them — and Ibn Hisham lists their clans in his fourth part: Darim, Bahdala, Minqar and others. Famous companions came from them: al-Aqra' ibn Habis who argued with the Prophet over the Ji'rana gifts, and al-Zibriqan ibn Badr (may God be pleased with him) and his companions, on whom the verses of al-Hujurat about voices came down. In the conquests and the civil war Banu Tamim played roles in Basra, the Jazira and the Ridda.

Banu Tamim is a great Adnani tribe tracing to Tamim ibn Murr ibn Adad ibn Amr ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar, its homeland Najd and the tract between Mecca and Basra, its clans — Darim, Bahdala, Minqar, Yashkur and Qays ibn Tha'laba — spread across the peninsula's towns. In the sira they came as delegations in the ninth year: the delegation of Banu Darim with al-Abbas ibn Mirdas, of al-Harith ibn Ghaziyya, and among the reconciled chiefs of Najd at al-Ji'rana, Uyayna ibn Hisn al-Fazari (may God be pleased with him) and al-Aqra' ibn Habis; and the delegation of al-Zibriqan ibn Badr (may God be pleased with him) and his companions, in whom the opening of al-Hujurat on calling and loud voices came down. Tamimis also include Ammar ibn Yasir (may God be pleased with him) among the earliest Muslims if one counts him as their ally, and Qays ibn Asim (may God be pleased with him) al-Minqari who offered to kill his own people if they did not enter Islam, and al-Sa'sa'a ibn Sawhan named in the Hudaybiyya treaty. In the fitna their roles were opposed: some fought Sajah, some sided with Ali, some with Mu'awiya; most settled later in Basra, the Jazira and the east, and from them came great philologists and poets — al-Farazdaq, Jarir and others in the Umayyad era.