Zayd ibn al-Khattab
زيد بن الخطاب
Umar's older brother, who embraced Islam before him; he fought at Badr and the later campaigns and carried the Muslim banner at al-Yamama in 12 AH, where he was killed; Umar said when he fell: 'He beat me to the two good things: he embraced Islam before me and was martyred before me.'
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Zayd ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl al-Adawi, brother of Umar ibn al-Khattab — his mother Asma' bint Wahb of Banu Asad. He was older than Umar, became Muslim before him, and witnessed Badr and the campaigns 1.
Al-Yamama
Narration
He has one hadith in the Sahih, on the prohibition of killing houses' snakes, in Ibn Umar's account from him joined with Abu Lubaba; Salih Jazara judged the correct version to be from Abu Lubaba alone 1.
Connections
- Sibling of
- Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Participated in
- The Battle of Badr
People and things also explored
Conversion of Umayr ibn WahbThe Badr war councilThe affair of the Badr prisonersThe Qulayb at BadrThe Battle of UhudThe HijraQurayshAbu Bakr al-Siddiq
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, p. 515
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zayd ibn al-Khattab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zayd-ibn-al-khattab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.