Yazid ibn Zam'a

يزيد بن زمعة

c. January 630 CE · Shawwal 8 AH

Aksum

A Qurashi Companion from Banu al-Muttalib (nephew of Sawda bint Zam'a); at the Battle of Hunayn, his spirited horse named al-Janah bolted and threw him, leading to his martyrdom.

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Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Abi Umayya · Abdullah ibn Khatal · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

In space

Aksum

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Place in the story

  • Martyr (as regarded)Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

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Summary

A Quraysh Companion of Banu al-Muttalib ibn Asad; he fought in the Hunayn campaign and was martyred when his horse called al-Janah bolted with him 1.

His martyrdom

Ibn Ishaq relates that Yazid ibn Zam'a ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib was martyred on the day of Hunayn after a horse of his called al-Janah bolted with him, threw him and killed him amid the fighting 1.

For young visitors

A Companion of Quraysh who fought in the battle of Hunayn and was martyred when he fell from his horse during the fighting.

Connections

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Member of
Quraysh· Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The Battle of Hunayn
Traveled to
Aksum

People and things also explored

Al-Aswad ibn Nawfal· Amr ibn Umayya· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Khalid ibn al-Walid· Shayba ibn Uthman al-Hajabi

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/101
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islam.museum contributors. “Yazid ibn Zam'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-zamaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.

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