Banu Taym

Not to be confused with Banu Tamim.

Banū Taym (Arabic: بَنُو تَيْم)
Quraysh
Nisba	At-Taymī (ٱلتَّيْمي)
Location	Hejaz, Kufa
Descended from	Taym ibn Murrah
Religion	Islam

Banū Taym (Arabic : بَنُو تَيْم; alternatively transliterated as Banu Taim) was a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. The first caliph, Abu Bakr, hailed from the Banu Taym, as did another prominent companion of Muhammad, Talha ibn Ubaydallah.

Ancestry

The tribe descended from Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn an-Nadr ibn Kinanah. Taym was a member of the Quraysh al-Bitah (i.e. Qurayshites living near the Kaaba in Mecca), and an uncle of the Qurayshite chief Qusayy ibn Kilab, who was a paternal ancestor of Muhammad. ^[1]

Notable members

• Abu Bakr, a senior disciple ( Sahabi ) and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE, when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death. ^[2]
  • Salma Umm al-Khair (died 632-634) female disciple of Muhammad and mother of Abu Bakr.
  • Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn Amir was a notable Muslim and the father of the Caliph Abu Bakr.
  • Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, the eldest son of Abu Bakr
  • Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, son of Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza and Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph.
  • Aisha bint Abi Bakr, daughter of Abu Bakr and one of Muhammad's wives. ^[3]
  • Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Military General and Governor of Egypt under Caliph Ali (656–661).
  • Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr was an important jurist in early Islam.
• Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, a disciple and companion of Muhammad. ^{[4] [5]} A paternal cousin of Abu Bakr.
• Umar ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'mar, commander and governor under the Umayyads and Zubayrids.
• Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim was the wife of Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib and the mother Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi.
• Fatima bint Muhammad, was the wife of Caliph Al-Mansur (r. 754–775) and mother of Sulayman.
• Abu Najib Al-Din Suhrawardi, a renowned philosopher, scholar and theologian who founded the Suhrawardiyya sufi order.
• Suhrawardy family, a clan descending from the Sufi saint Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, a descendant of Abu Bakr, the clan was based in Iraq then later migrated into the Indian subcontinent in the 13th century.

Family tree

Asma bint Adiy al-Bariqiyyah

Murrah ibn Ka'b

Hind bint Surayr ibn Tha'labah

Yaqazah ibn Murrah

Taym ibn Murrah

Kilab ibn Murrah

Sa'd ibn Taym

Ka'b ibn Sa'd

'Amr ibn Ka'b

'Amir ibn 'Amr

Sakhar ibn 'Amr

Hind bint Nuqayd

'Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn 'Amir

Salma Umm al-Khair bint Sakhar

Umm Farwa

Qurayba

Abu Bakr

Muataq

Mu'aytaq [6]

Quhafa

Umm Amir

See also

• Quraysh
• Hijaz Mountains

References

1. Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris. "The Prophet's Line Family No 3 – Qusayy, Hubbah, and Banu Nadr to Quraysh". Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Dawah. Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
2. "Abū Bakr".
3. Spellberg 1994 , p. 3
4. Jafri, Hua M. (1979). The Origins and Early Development of Shi`a Islam. International Book Centre. pp. 58–79.
5. Razwy, Ali Asghar. A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims.
6. Tarikh ar-Rusul wa al-Muluk 3/ 425

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