At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
An Ansari of the Banu Mabdhul of the Banu al-Najjar. He is the brother of Habib ibn Zayd, whose hands and feet Musaylima cut off, and their mother was Nusayba bint Ka'b. 1
He attended the Battle of al-Yamama, and his mother was wounded there while fighting. 1
Al-Baladhuri says that some transmitters said that he fought Musaylima in the Garden of Death, but this is the view of some, not an agreed one. 1
The call to prayer at the start of the Hijra (Sealed Nectar, p. 185)
The book says that the call to prayer was prescribed at the start of the Hijra, and that the story of the vision of Abd Allah ibn Zayd ibn Abd Rabbih in this is well known, related by al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ahmad and Ibn Khuzayma. 2
Connections
- Participated in
- The Battle of Yamama
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 32
People and things also explored
Ritual purity· Musaylima's apostasy and claim to prophethood at al-Yamama· The Ridda Wars· Banu Hanifa· Muwatta, Book of Prayer· Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba· Khalid ibn al-Walid· Muhammad
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.185
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islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Asim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-zayd-ibn-asim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.