(Friday Sermon - March 8, 2019 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Qais^(ra) bin Mihsan was a companion from among the Ansar. In several narrations, his name has also been recorded as Qais bin Hisan. He belonged to the Banu Zuraiq tribe of the Ansar. His mother’s name was Aneesah bint Qais and his father’s name was Mihsan bin Khalid. He participated in the Battles of Badr and Uhud. One of his daughters was Umm Sa‘d bint Qais. At the time of his demise, his children were in Medina. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 4, p. 422, Qais bin Mihsan^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutb Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Al-Tabqaat-ul-Kubra li ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p. 443, Qais bin Mihsan^(ra), Dar-ul-Kutb al-Ilimiyya, Beirut, 1990)