Salit ibn Amr
سليط بن عمرو
Of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq describes him as the Messenger of God's envoy to Hawdha ibn Ali al-Hanafi in al-Yamama.
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
- OfficialtowardMuhammadTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy; he emigrated to Abyssinia — Ibn Ishaq describes him as the Messenger of God's envoy to Hawdha ibn Ali al-Hanafi at al-Yamama. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him among Banu Amir in "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", describing him as having been "the Messenger of God's envoy to Hawdha ibn Ali al-Hanafi at al-Yamama". 1 The book gives no details of his mission here; that is reviewed in the chapter on the Prophet's envoys to the kings (a later batch).
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The Letters to Rulers and Kings
- Corresponded with
- Hawdha ibn Ali al-Hanafi
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-Sahmi· Abu Hatib ibn Amr· Umra bint al-Sa'di· Fatima bint al-Mujallal· Malik ibn Rabi'a· Sahla bint Suhayl· Umm Kulthum bint Suhayl· The second migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/9
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