At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Overview
In the war of Fijar
Qays had the victory at the start of the day over Kinana, but by midday the victory was Kinana's over Qays. The leader of Quraysh and Kinana was Harb ibn Umayya. 2 3 According to al-Mas'udi the war was between Qays Aylan and Banu Kinana, and they permitted fighting in the sacred months. 4
Not covered here
The book does not detail the lineage of Qays Aylan, their dwellings or their other battle-days. The tribes mentioned in this entry have their own entries.
For young visitors
Qays Aylan is the name of a large group of Arab tribes, who stood on the opposite side to Quraysh in the war of Fijar, which the Prophet ﷺ witnessed as a child.
Connections
- Member of
- Mudar ibn Nizar
- Participated in
- The Fijar war
People and things also explored
Hilf al-Fudul (the pact of the virtuous)· Adwan· Ghatafan· Sufa (Banu al-Ghawth ibn Murra)· The Prophetic Era· Harb ibn Umayya· Muhammad· Mecca
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.17
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.59
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/184-187
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.567-568
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qays Aylan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/qays-aylan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-20.