Bujayr ibn Zuhayr

بجير بن زهير

A poet of the Muzayna tribe and brother of the famous poet Ka'b ibn Zuhayr; he embraced Islam before his brother, and Ibn Ishaq cites verses of his about the day of the conquest of Mecca.

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Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Sunni (transmitted)

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Overview

Bujayr ibn Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma al-Muzani, the poet, brother of the famous poet Ka'b ibn Zuhayr. Ibn Hajar says he "embraced Islam before his brother"; the details are in Ka'b's entry. 1

The day of the conquest

Ibn Ishaq recites for him verses on the conquest of Mecca, in which he mentions the fighting of his people and that they gave the Prophet ﷺ covenants of sincere goodwill, and that they came upon Mecca with a thousand of Sulaym and a thousand of the Banu Uthman. 1 (We do not reproduce the text of the verses here; see the printed text.)

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Sibling of
Ka'b ibn Zuhayr
Participated in
The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

People and things also explored

The conversion of Abu Quhafa· The conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· The proscribed persons on the day of the Conquest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· The early Muslim community· Abdullah ibn al-Zib'ara· Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir· al-Aqra' ibn Habis al-Tamimi

Sources

  1. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.132
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The conversion of Abu Quhafa

At Dhu Tuwa or upon the entry into Mecca, Abu Bakr led his aged, blind father Abu Quhafa to the Prophet to profess Islam; the Prophet remarked with tenderness that he should have gone to the old man instead, and instructed that his white hair be dyed.