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Yamin ibn Umayr al-Nadri

يامين بن عمير النضري

Ibn Ishaq names him in a report that reached him: he met Abu Layla and Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal weeping and gave them a camel and provisioned them with dates.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Summary

Ibn Ishaq names him in a report that reached him: he met Abu Layla and Abdullah ibn Mughaffal weeping, gave them a riding-camel and provisioned them with dates. 1

In the Tabuk expedition

Ibn Ishaq said: it reached me that Ibn Yamin ibn Umayr ibn Ka'b al-Nadri met Abu Layla and Abdullah ibn Mughaffal weeping, asked them, and gave them a riding-camel of his and provisioned them with some dates. 2

Tribe

Ibn Ishaq's lineage for him: of Banu al-Nadir, per the nisba "al-Nadri". 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • The name in the book is "Ibn Yamin ibn Umayr"; in al-Zurqani's account (transmitted by the editors) it is "Yamin ibn Amr" (note p. 161) — the name may be "Ibn Yamin" or "Yamin", and is not settled.
  • The account "it reached me" carries no chain (p. 161).

Connections

Participated in
The Weepers: seven who asked to be carried

People and things also explored

The expedition to TabukAbdullah ibn al-Mughaffal al-MuzaniAbu Layla Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'bAmr ibn Humam ibn al-JamuhHarami ibn AbdullahIrbad ibn Sariya al-FazariMuhammadSalim ibn Umayr

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/161
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/161-162
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The expedition to Tabuk

The Prophet led a large expedition north toward the Byzantine frontier as far as Tabuk; no battle took place.