Banu Maghala
بنو مغالة
A clan of Banu al-Najjar — Banu 'Adi ibn 'Amr ibn Malik, Maghala being 'Adi's mother — settled on the right of one facing the Prophet ﷺ's Mosque from the end of the balat; they built the utm 'Fari'' facing the houses of Banu Talha ibn 'Ubayd Allah, later absorbed into Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki's residence — the tower where Safiyya the Prophet's aunt sheltered on the day of the Trench with Hassan ibn Thabit (may God be pleased with him) beside it (al-Zayn al-Maraghi makes it the tower of Thabit, Hassan's father), where Ibn Sayyad was found in Muslim's hadith, and to which Hassan's verse 'we hold sway between Sal' and Fari'' refers 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
A branch of Banu al-Najjar: Banu Adi ibn Amr ibn Malik; Maghala was the mother of Adi. 2
The house and the fortress of Fari'
They settled on the side to the right of anyone who stood at the end of the paved way facing the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. They built the fortress called "Fari'", which faces the houses of Banu Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, and which later came into the house of Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki. 2
In this fortress Safiyya, the Prophet's aunt, was during the day of the Trench, and with her was Hassan ibn Thabit. Al-Zayn al-Maraghi said that Thabit was Hassan's father. Ibn Sayyad was found in it in a hadith of Muslim. 2
Connections
- Part of
- Banu al-Najjar
- Lived in
- Medina
- Related to
- Hassan ibn Thabit
People and things also explored
Medina· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim· يوم السرارة· The Ansar· Salmā bint ʿAmr
Sources
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p. 222-223
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p.222-223
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Banu Maghala”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/banu-maghala/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.