Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas

عمير بن أبي وقاص

608~ – 624 CE · 2 AH

Mecca → Badr

A Zuhri Qurashi Companion, brother of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; an early Muslim who went out to Badr, was turned back for his youth until he wept and was allowed, and fought until he was killed aged sixteen.

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Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Identifiers
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Life in time

550575600625650675700 c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf · Abd Yalil ibn Amr · Abdallah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari · Abdullah ibn Jahsh

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MeccaBadr

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Summary

Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas (may God be pleased with him) al-Zuhri, brother of Sa'd. An early Muslim who went out with the Prophet ﷺ to Badr; turned back for his youth, he wept until he was let through, and Sa'd fastened his sword-belt for him. He fought until killed at sixteen; it is said Amr ibn Abd Wudd killed him.

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Member of
The Companions· Quraysh· Banu Zuhra· The Muhajirun
Born in
Mecca
Died in
Badr
Participated in
The Battle of Badr

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn Suhayl· al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam· Dhu al-Shamalayn· Mus'ab ibn Umayr· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam· Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf· Abdallah ibn Umm Maktum

Sources

  1. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1149
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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Abd Allah ibn Suhayl

A Qurashi Companion known as Abu Suhayl, son of Suhayl ibn Amr; among the emigrants to Abyssinia. His father turned him back from his faith and he outwardly recanted, then slipped away to the Muslim ranks at Badr and stayed with them; he witnessed the truce of al-Hudaybiyya and was martyred at al-Yamama, or it is said at Jawatha in Bahrayn, aged eighty-eight.