Yazid ibn Zam'a
يزيد بن زمعة
c. January 630 CE · Shawwal 8 AH
A Qurashi Companion from Banu al-Muttalib (nephew of Sawda bint Zam'a); at the Battle of Hunayn, his spirited horse named al-Janah bolted and threw him, leading to his martyrdom.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- Martyr (as regarded)Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
A Quraysh Companion of Banu al-Muttalib ibn Asad; he fought in the Hunayn campaign and was martyred when his horse called al-Janah bolted with him 1.
His martyrdom
Ibn Ishaq relates that Yazid ibn Zam'a ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib was martyred on the day of Hunayn after a horse of his called al-Janah bolted with him, threw him and killed him amid the fighting 1.
For young visitors
A Companion of Quraysh who fought in the battle of Hunayn and was martyred when he fell from his horse during the fighting.
Connections
- Member of
- QurayshBanu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibThe Battle of Hunayn
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Al-Aswad ibn NawfalAmr ibn UmayyaUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Abu Sufyan ibn HarbJa'far ibn Abi TalibKhalid ibn al-WalidShayba ibn Uthman al-Hajabi
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/101
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islam.museum contributors. “Yazid ibn Zam'a”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yazid-ibn-zamaa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.