Zayd al-Khayl
زيد الخيل
Chief of Tayy' whose delegation came to Medina in the Year of Delegations; the Prophet renamed him Zayd al-Khayr ('the good') and said no Arab praised to him had ever fallen short of the praise except this man.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Politician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- Interlocutor · c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH†Tradition
- Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 631 CE · c. 10 AH†Tradition
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Chief of Tayy' who came in his people's delegation in 9 AH, became Muslim and proved good in Islam; the Prophet named him Zayd al-Khayr — "Goodness" 1.
His story
Tayy''s delegation came, Zayd al-Khayl among them; they spoke with the Prophet, he offered them Islam and they became Muslim and their Islam proved good 1. The Prophet said of Zayd: no Arab man was praised to me who then came to me but I found him less than what was said of him — except Zayd al-Khayl, for not all that is in him was told; and he named him Zayd al-Khayr 1.
For young visitors
Zayd was a chief famous among his people for generosity and courage; when he came, the Prophet was so impressed he named him "Zayd the Good".
Connections
- Member of
- Tayy
People and things also explored
The conversion of Abu QuhafaThe conversion of Abu Sufyan ibn HarbAli's expedition to destroy al-Fuls, the idol of Tayy'The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)Conversion of Umayr ibn WahbThe delegation of Abd al-QaysThe delegation of Banu HanifaThe delegation and mission to Hamdan
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 453
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zayd al-Khayl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zayd-al-khayl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.