Āmir ibn Abī al-Bukayr
Āmir ibn Abī al-Bukayr al-Laythī[1] (Arabic: عامر بن أبي البكير الليثي) was an early sahabi (companion) of the Prophet Muhammad. He participated in the Battle of Badr and all the battles with the Prophet Muhammad.[2][3][4][5]
Lineage
[edit]His lineage is: ʿĀmir ibn Abī al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Yā Lail ibn Nāshib ibn Ghayrah ibn Saʿd ibn Layth ibn Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Munāf ibn Kinānah al-Laythī[1]
Brief Biography
[edit]He was from the early converts of Islam where he pledged allegiance in the house of Arqam alongside his brothers Iyās, Āqil, and Khālid.[2][3][4][5]
Ibn Sa'd said that the Prophet Muhammad made ʿĀmir brothers, in a sense of friendship, with Thābit ibn Qays ibn Shammās.[2][6]
He witnessed and participated in the Battle of Badr, the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of the Trench and all the other battles with the Prophet Muhammad.[2][3][5][7]
He was killed at the Battle of Al Yamama.[2][3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d: 3/1/283, Tabaqat Khalifa: 23, Tarikh Khalifa: 113, Al-Isti’ab: 5/284, Asad al-Ghaba: 3/118, Al-‘Iqd al-Thamin: 5/82, Al-Isaba: 5/275
- ^ a b c d e SIYAR 'ALAAM AN-NUBALAA [Biography of the Nobles] (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al Risala Foundation. 1985. p. 187.
- ^ a b c d Al-Isti‘āb fī Ma‘rifat al-Aṣḥāb 5/250-251
- ^ a b Usd al-Ghābah fī Maʿrifat al-Ṣaḥābah 3/116
- ^ a b c d Al-ʿAqd al-Thamīn fī Tārīkh al-Balad al-Amīn 4/306
- ^ Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d: 3/1/283
- ^ al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā of Ibn Sa'd 3/362