Zuhayr ibn Abi Umayya
زهير بن أبي أمية
A Makhzumi notable whose mother was Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib; the first among the five Meccan leaders to publicly challenge and break the boycott charter in the Haram.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Notable
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- Interlocutor · c. 619 CETradition
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Mecca
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- The boycott of the Banu Hashim
People and things also explored
Banu HashimAbu LahabKhadija bint KhuwaylidAbu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)al-Walid ibn al-MughiraHisham ibn Amr al-AmiriMut'im ibn AdiMut'im ibn Adi
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zuhayr ibn Abi Umayya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zuhayr-ibn-abi-umayya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.