Yazid ibn Abd al-Madan
يزيد بن عبد المدان
A member of the Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b delegation of 10 AH; it was he who answered the Prophet ﷺ's fourth question, we are the ones who advance when rebuked, and told him they praised neither him nor Khalid but God who had guided them.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · 631 CE · 10 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
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Overview
Yazid ibn Abd al-Madan (may God be pleased with him), of the delegation of the Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b who came to the Prophet in the year 10 AH. He is the one who answered the Prophet on the fourth occasion, saying: "We are those who, when they are driven, advance." He also said to him: "We did not praise you, nor did we praise Khalid; we praised God, who guided us through you" 1.
His Islam
The Sira reports that he embraced Islam with his people at the hands of Khalid in the year 10 AH, and came in their delegation (Ibn Hisham, p.240). He is mentioned among Khalid's mission to the Banu al-Harith 2.
Connections
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Qurad al-Ziyadi· Amr ibn Abdullah al-Dibabi· Qays ibn al-Husayn Dhu al-Ghussa· Shaddad ibn Abdullah al-Qanani· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation· Yazid ibn al-Muhajjal· Najran
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), p.240
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