Tamim al-Dari

Tamim ibn Aws al-Dari, Abu Ruqayya, of the Dari branch of Lakhm, a Companion and a worshipper. al-Dhahabi reports that he came to the Prophet ﷺ as a delegate in the ninth year AH, and then remained in Medina until he moved to Syria after the killing of Uthman ¹.

He was a worshipper who recited the Book of God regularly. Ibn Abbas, Ibn Mawhab, Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him) and others narrated from him ². Ibn Sirin reported that the Qur'an was collected in the time of the Prophet by Ubayy, Uthman, Zayd and Tamim al-Dari (may God be pleased with him) ³. It is also reported of him that he completed the Qur'an every seven nights ³.

He came as a delegate in the ninth year, and told the people from the pulpit the story of the Jassasa concerning the Dajjal ².

Ibn Jurayj reports, from Ikrima, that Tamim asked the Prophet for a village in Bayt Lahm, and he wrote him a grant of it, and Umar later confirmed it ². al-Waqidi mentions that the land the Prophet granted consisted of Habra and Bayt 'Aynun, which he granted to Tamim and his brother Nu'aym ².

He set out with Tamim Adi ibn Zayd and a man of the Banu Sahm. The Sahmi died in the land of Kafr, and a silver cup was missing from his estate. It was later found at Mecca, and it was said that they had bought it from Tamim and Adi. The verse of bequest during travel was revealed in connection with this, according to the report mentioned by al-Dhahabi ³.

• His date of death is disputed in al-Dhahabi (45, 50, 51, 55 and 56 AH), and al-Dhahabi transmits the sayings. We have not settled the date here.
• The report of the village in Bayt Lahm is transmitted by al-Dhahabi from Ibn Jurayj, and the sale is disputed. We record it as a report.
• The affair of the cup and the revelation of the verse are transmitted by al-Dhahabi; its explanation should be checked in the books of tafsir before reliance.