Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi

A man of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma who emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Baraka bint Yasar; Ibn Ishaq describes him as having been foster-mother's mate to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba. ¹

Ibn Ishaq names him "a man of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma", saying he was the father of Usayya bint Qays who was with Umm Habiba, and that his wife Baraka bint Yasar — freedwoman of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb — "the two were foster-parents", that is, nursing-kin to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba. ¹ And that the couple went out with them when he emigrated to the land of Abyssinia — the two counting as "men" in the tally. ¹

• The edition's editors say: we found no mention of Usayya bint Qays in the references (p. 6); the spelling "Usayya" was established from the page image.
• The dual form "foster-parents" suggests both spouses together nursed; but the Isti'ab's account reads "she was foster-mother to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba" in the singular (note p. 6) — so who nursed is not certain.