Banu al-Dil
بنو الديل
A clan of Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat ibn Kinana — its leading house, Banu al-Aswad ibn Razn, had been killed by Khuza'a before Islam; in the truce of Hudaybiyya its men under Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya carried out the night attack on al-Watir.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
A clan of Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manaf ibn Kinana; Khuza'a had killed their chiefs — Banu al-Aswad ibn Razn — before Islam, so they seized the al-Hudaybiyya truce and ambushed Khuza'a by night at al-Watir under Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya 1.
The old feud
Before Islam, Khuza'a killed Banu al-Aswad ibn Razn — Salama, Kulthum and Dhu'ayb — at Arafa by the Sanctuary's boundary stones; Banu al-Aswad used to pay double blood-money for their Jahiliyya honour 2. That feud stayed pending until the al-Hudaybiyya truce came, Khuza'a entering the Prophet's pact and Banu Bakr entering Quraysh's 3.
The night ambush at al-Watir
Their poet
al-Akhzar ibn Lu't al-Dili recited verses boasting of driving Banu Ka'b from al-Watir, and Budayl ibn Umm Asram answered him with a poem containing the detailed reply 4.
For young visitors
A small clan of Banu Bakr with an old feud against Khuza'a. When a peace pact bound the tribes, they took advantage of the quiet and attacked their neighbours at night — their misstep was the beginning of the end of the whole war.
Connections
- Has member
- al-Akhzar ibn Lut al-Dili· Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-Dili
- Part of
- Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat
- Participated in
- The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir
People and things also explored
The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir· Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat· Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-Dili· Khuza'a· al-Akhzar ibn Lut al-Dili· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· Quraysh· Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/31-32
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/31
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/32
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/34
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islam.museum contributors. “Banu al-Dil”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-al-dil/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.