Suwayd ibn al-Samit
سويد بن الصامت
of Jahiliya Yathrib, one who joined writing, archery and swimming. In Ibn Ishaq's account preserved by al-Samhudi he was of Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf of the Aws, called 'al-Kamil' for his hardiness and verse; he came to Mecca, where the Prophet ﷺ invited him to Islam — he neither refused nor accepted — then returned to Yathrib and was soon killed on the day of Bu'ath, and men of his people held that he died a Muslim 1.
At a glance
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- The Prophetic Era
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Overview
Suwayd ibn al-Samit, from Yathrib, of the Banu Amr ibn Awf of the Aws. He was called "al-Kamil" (the Accomplished). al-Samhudi cites him 2.
Before Islam
The source says that in the pre-Islamic period he combined writing, archery and swimming. He was called "al-Kamil" for his strength and his poetry 2.
His meeting with the Prophet
He came to Mecca, and the Prophet invited him to Islam. He neither drew away from it nor answered it. He then returned to Yathrib, and was killed shortly afterwards, on the day of Bu'ath 2.
al-Samhudi transmits from Ibn Ishaq that men of his people used to say: "We see that he was killed while he was a Muslim." This is the view of his people; the data does not link his Islam to any other evidence 2.
Connections
- Participated in
- The Scribes of Aws and Khazraj and the Complete
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Ubayy· al-Mundhir ibn Amr· Aws ibn Khawli· Bashir ibn Sa'd· Rafi' ibn Malik ibn al-Ajlan· Sa'd ibn Ubada· Ubayy ibn Ka'b· Usayd ibn Hudayr
Sources
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p. 233
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p.233
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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