Qays ibn Hudhafa
قيس بن حذافة
Of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq mentions him without describing his fate.
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 Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia — Ibn Ishaq names him without describing his fate. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him second among Banu Sahm in "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", tracing him to Hudhafa ibn Qays ibn Adi ibn Sa'd ibn Sahm. 1 The text does not mention his fate.
Tribe
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Sahm
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAl-Harith ibn al-Harith al-SahmiBishr ibn al-Harith al-SahmiMahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-SahmiRamla bint Abi AwfThe second migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qays ibn Hudhafa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/qays-ibn-hudhafa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.