Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi
قيس بن عبد الله الأسدي
A man of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Baraka bint Yasar. Ibn Ishaq describes him as a foster-nurse of Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba.
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
A man of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma who emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Baraka bint Yasar; Ibn Ishaq describes him as having been foster-mother's mate to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him "a man of Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma", saying he was the father of Usayya bint Qays who was with Umm Habiba, and that his wife Baraka bint Yasar — freedwoman of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb — "the two were foster-parents", that is, nursing-kin to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba. 1 And that the couple went out with them when he emigrated to the land of Abyssinia — the two counting as "men" in the tally. 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The edition's editors say: we found no mention of Usayya bint Qays in the references (p. 6); the spelling "Usayya" was established from the page image.
- The dual form "foster-parents" suggests both spouses together nursed; but the Isti'ab's account reads "she was foster-mother to Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh and Umm Habiba" in the singular (note p. 6) — so who nursed is not certain.
Connections
- Spouse of
- Baraka bint Yasar
- Member of
- Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Ubaydullah ibn JahshReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibBaraka bint YasarAksumThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/6
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qays ibn Abdullah al-Asadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qays-ibn-abdullah-asadi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.