At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Sudayy ibn Ajlan ibn Wahb al-Bahili, Abu Umama, a Companion from the Qays Aylan, who belongs to the Bahila. The sources agree on this lineage and differ on his name 1.
Birth and death
The encyclopedia gives his birth as 21 AH and his death as 86 AH (641 CE and 705 CE). It records both dates as commonly transmitted report. The entry needs an additional source 1.
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.160
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sudayy ibn Ajlan al-Bahili”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sudayy-ibn-ajlan-al-bahili/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.