Yazid ibn Qays ibn al-Khatim

Yazid ibn Qays ibn al-Khatim (may God be pleased with him) ibn Adi ibn Amr ibn Sawad ibn Zufar al-Ansari al-Zafari, a man of the earliest community famed as a poet — he was even given his kunya after his verse; al-Isaba records his wounds at Uhud and his death at the Battle of the Bridge ¹.

Ibn Hajar writes in al-Isaba: Yazid ibn Qays ibn al-Khatim ibn Adi ibn Amr ibn Sawad ibn Zufar al-Ansari al-Zafari ¹. He was the celebrated poet, and it was by this that he was given his kunya; al-Adawi said: he witnessed Uhud and was wounded that day with twelve wounds ¹. Abu Umar, following Ibn al-Kalbi, said: he witnessed the campaigns and was martyred on the day of Abu Ubayd's bridge ².

His entry notes that he was given his kunya on account of his verse; the Isaba presents him as a veteran of the campaigns who was badly wounded at Uhud, and places his death at the day of the Bridge in the time of Abu Bakr — the report that Abu Umar transmitted from Ibn al-Kalbi ².

Yazid ibn Qays was a man of the Ansar known for his poetry; he fought at Uhud and was wounded many times, then was among those killed at the day of the Bridge in the days of Abu Bakr.

• Al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba, entry 9402 (scan 20200217, pp. 1596–1597).
• After "the Prophet ﷺ named him" the scan shows corrupted words; they are not relied on here.
• The attribution of his death to "the day of Abu Ubayd's bridge" is transmitted from Abu Umar citing Ibn al-Kalbi, as in the text.