(Friday Sermon - May 3, 2019 )

Background, Progeny and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Abdullah^(ra) bin Qais belonged to the tribe of Banu Najjar. In most of the biographies of the Holy Prophet^(sa) and books of history, his grandfather’s name is reported as Khalid. However, in Al-Tabaqaat Al-Kubra, his name is written as Khallada. Hazrat Abdullah^(ra) bin Qais’ son’s name was Abdur Rahman and his daughter’s name was Umairah.

The name of their mother was Suwad bint Qais. Apart from these two children, he had another daughter by the name of Umme Aun. Hazrat Abdullah^(ra) bin Qais participated in the battles of Badr and Uhud. According to Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ummarah Ansari, he was martyred during the battle of Uhud, however, according to another tradition, he was not martyred during the battle of Uhud; and participated alongside the Holy Prophet^(sa) in all battles and passed away during the caliphate of Hazrat Uthman^(ra). (Al-Sirat al-Nabawiyyah li Ibn Hisham, p. 474, Al-Ansar wa man ma’ahum, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2001) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 258, Abdullah bin Qais, Dar-Ihyaa al-Turath al-Arabi, Beirut, Lebanon, 1996)