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Dimam ibn Malik al-Salmani

ضمام بن مالك السلماني

One of the Hamdan delegation who met the Prophet ﷺ on his return from Tabuk with Malik ibn al-Namat Dhu al-Mish'ar, as Ibn Hisham names them on the authority of Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i.

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Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Place in the story

  • Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

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Overview

Dimam ibn Malik al-Salmani (may God be pleased with him), from the delegation of Hamdan who met the Prophet on his return from Tabuk. Ibn Hisham names him on the authority of Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i. 1

In the delegation of Hamdan

The delegation came with Malik ibn al-Namat Dhu al-Mish'ar. He is mentioned in the delegation of Hamdan among those Ibn Hisham names. 1

The date of his meeting with the Prophet is approximate in the data (around 631 CE) and is disputed in the reports; an additional source is needed.

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Member of
Banu Hamdan
Participated in
The delegation and mission to Hamdan

People and things also explored

Malik ibn al-Namat al-Hamdani, Dhu al-Mish'ar· Malik ibn Ayfa' al-Hamdani· Umayra ibn Malik al-Kharifi· The delegation and mission to Hamdan· The Prophet's letter to the district of Kharif and Hamdan· Banu Hamdan· Khalid ibn al-Walid· The Day of al-Radm between Murad and Hamdan

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), p.244
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Malik ibn al-Namat al-Hamdani, Dhu al-Mish'ar

The envoy of Hamdan who met the Prophet on his return from Tabuk, chanted rajaz before the company, then stood before the Prophet and said that the pick of Hamdan, settled and nomad, had come on swift camels bound to the ropes of Islam; the Prophet wrote him a letter for the district of Kharif and the people of the highland slopes and sand dunes granting them their heights and lowlands while they prayed and paid zakat, and he composed verses recalling the Messenger in the blackness of night. Later sources say the Prophet set him over the Muslims of Hamdan.