(Friday Sermon - March 1, 2019 )

Background

Hazrat Ziyaad^(ra) bin Amr was also known as Ibn-e-Bishr and was a confederate of the Ansar. He participated in the Battle of Badr along with his brother Hazrat Dhamrah^(ra). He belonged to the Banu Sa‘idah bin Ka‘b tribe. According to another narration, he was the freed slave of Banu Sa‘idah bin Ka‘b bin Al-Khazraj. (Usdul Ghaba, Vol. 2, p. 338, Ziyaad(ra) bin Amr, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Al-Asaba, Vol. 2, p. 483, Ziyaad(ra) bin Amr, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1995)