(Friday Sermon - October 12, 2018 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Abul Munzir Yazid bin Aamir’s name is also mentioned as Yazid bin Amr. He belonged to the Ansar tribe of Banu Sawad. He pledged initiation at Aqabah and participated in the battles of Badr and Uhud. His children lived in Medina as well as Baghdad. (Al-Tabkaat-ul-Qubra Li-ibn Sa‘d, Pt. 3, p. 294, Yazid bin Aamir, Dar-ul-Hayaa Al-Turath Al-Arabi, 1996) (Al-Asaba fi Tameez Al-Sahaba, Vol. 6, p. 525, Yazid bin Aamir, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2005). His progeny spread far and wide.