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Sulayman ibn Surad

سليمان بن صرد

A Companion of Khuza'a, said to have been named Yasar before the Prophet changed it; he fought at Siffin with Ali, wrote to al-Husayn and then held back, and was killed in 65 AH leading the expedition to avenge him, aged ninety-three.

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Arabia
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Converts and those who leave

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Sulayman ibn Surad ibn al-Jawn al-Khuza'i, Abu al-Mutarrif. It is said his name was Yasar and the Prophet changed it 1.

Narration

He related from the Prophet, from Ali, Abu al-Hasan and Jubayr ibn Mut'im; from him related Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, Yahya ibn Ya'mar, Abdullah ibn Yasar and Abu al-Duha 1. Ibn Hajar describes him as "good and virtuous" 1.

After the Prophet

He witnessed Siffin with Ali and killed Hawshab in single combat 1. Then he was among those who wrote to al-Husayn, then fell behind him; he and al-Musayyab ibn Najaba came forward last of all and went out seeking his blood, four thousand strong 1.

His death

Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad met them at Ayn al-Warda with Marwan's army, and Sulayman and those with him were killed — in Rabi' al-Akhir of year 65 AH, when he was ninety-three on the day he was killed. His killer was Yazid ibn al-Husayn ibn Numayr, who hit him with an arrow; his head and al-Musayyab's were carried to Marwan 1.

Connections

Member of
Khuza'a

People and things also explored

The Expulsion of Jurhum from MeccaKhuza'a's appeal to MedinaThe Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-WatirQusayy ibn Kilab Takes MeccaBanu Bakr ibn Abd ManatKhuza'aAbu Ghubshan al-KhuzaʾiʿAmr ibn Luḥayy

Sources

  1. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 611
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The Expulsion of Jurhum from Mecca

After some twenty centuries of Jurhumite rule over Mecca, their tyranny over pilgrims and appropriation of the Kaaba’s wealth turns the Adnani clans against them; Khuzaʾa, with Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manaf, expels them in the mid-second century CE — and the departing Jurhumites bury Zamzam and carry off the two golden gazelles and the Black Stone.