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Banu Amr ibn Awf

بنو عمرو بن عوف

A Medinan clan that Ibn Ishaq mentions among the builders of Masjid al-Dirar (Khudham ibn Khalid and Abbad ibn Hunayf) and among the three left behind (Murara ibn al-Rabi').

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Summary

A clan of Medina's people from whom Ibn Ishaq names Murara ibn al-Rabi', Abbad ibn Hunayf and Khidham ibn Khalid (of the branch Banu Ubayd ibn Zayd). 1

In this batch

Ibn Ishaq attaches to it Khidham ibn Khalid of the branch Banu Ubayd ibn Zayd, Abbad ibn Hunayf, and Murara ibn al-Rabi'. 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • The text does not list all its members on these pages; the list is partial, drawn from the names mentioned.

Connections

Has member
Abbad ibn HunayfAbu Lubaba ibn Abd al-MundhirMurara ibn al-Rabi al-AmriSa'd ibn Khaythama
Has part
Banu Ubayd ibn Zayd

People and things also explored

The Pledges of AqabaThe AnsarThe Battle of BadrThe fifty-night boycott of the threeThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The builders of the mosque ask the Prophet to pray in itThe order that the three keep apart from their wivesThe acceptance of the repentance of the three

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/174, 178
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The Pledges of Aqaba

The First and Second Pledges of Aqaba at Mina in the 12th and 13th years of prophethood (621 and 622 CE), in which delegates from Yathrib pledged allegiance to the Prophet, preparing Medina as the haven of the Hijra.