Surama ibn Abi Anas
صرمة بن أبي أنس
The Najjar poet whose qasida on the Prophet ﷺ's coming — 'Thirteen years he dwelt in Quraysh, mentioned, finding no friend to answer' — voices the Ansar's joy and pledge 1.
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Sarma ibn Abi Anas, a poet of the Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar, who has a poem on the Prophet's arrival in Medina 2.
His poem
al-Mas'udi gives its opening line: "He dwelt among Quraysh for some fifteen years". Some of its verses mention the Ansar giving up their wealth and their lives in battle 2.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 578
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.578
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