Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat
بنو بكر بن عبد مناف
A tribe of Kinana that entered Quraysh's pact at Hudaybiyya; the night attack by its Banu al-Dil clan on Khuza'a at al-Watir — secretly armed by Quraysh — broke the truce and set off the conquest of Mecca.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
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Summary
A tribe of Kinana that entered Quraysh's pact and covenant on the day of the al-Hudaybiyya peace 1. Its clan Banu al-Dil seized upon the truce and ambushed Khuza'a by night at the water of al-Watir — with Quraysh's backing — the breach on which the conquest of Mecca followed 1.
The old enmity
Between Banu Bakr and Khuza'a lay a Jahili feud: before Islam Khuza'a killed Banu al-Aswad ibn Razn — Salama, Kulthum and Dhu'ayb — chiefs of Banu al-Dil, at Arafa by the Sanctuary's boundary stones 2. Khuza'a also killed the merchant Malik ibn Abbad al-Hadrami and took his wealth; his alliance was with Banu al-Aswad 2.
Its role in the al-Hudaybiyya breach
During the truce Nawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-Dili went out among Banu al-Dil — not all of Banu Bakr followed him — and ambushed Khuza'a by night at al-Watir 1. When his companions appealed to him at the Sanctuary's bounds he refused to turn back, saying: "take your revenge" 1.
For young visitors
A tribe that had an old feud with its neighbours. When a peace pact came, some of its men seized the chance and attacked their neighbours at night at a well — and that was the start of the whole pact's collapse.
Connections
- Has member
- Himas ibn Qays al-DiliNawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-Dili
- Has part
- Banu al-Dil
- Part of
- Kinana
- Allied with
- Quraysh
- Fought
- Khuza'a
- Participated in
- The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir
- Fought by
- Khuza'a
People and things also explored
The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-WatirNawfal ibn Mu'awiya al-DiliBanu al-DilThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Khuza'a's appeal to MedinaThe Treaty of HudaybiyyaKhuza'aBudayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/32
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/31
- Ibn Ishaq / Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (1955)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-bakr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.