Adi ibn Nadla
عدي بن نضلة
Of Banu Adi ibn Ka'b; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his son al-Nu'man and died there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Of Banu Adi ibn Ka'b; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his son al-Nu'man and perished there. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him among Banu Adi with Urwa ibn Abd al-Uzza, saying he perished in the land of Abyssinia, and that his son al-Nu'man ibn Adi was with him. 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Adi ibn Ka'b 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- His printed lineage (ibn Nadla ibn Abd al-Uzza) meets Urwa ibn Abd al-Uzza's lineage, which would make Urwa his uncle by descent — the text does not mention the kinship (p. 9).
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Adi ibn Ka'b
- Died in
- Aksum
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Parent of
- Al-Nu'man ibn Adi
People and things also explored
Al-Nu'man ibn AdiLayla bint Abi HathmaMa'mar ibn Abdullah ibn NadlaUrwa ibn Abd al-UzzaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAksumThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/9
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Adi ibn Nadla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/adi-ibn-nadla/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.