Banu Adi
Sub-tribe of the Quraysh tribe
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Banu Adi (Arabic: بنو عدي) was a clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Adi ibn Ka'b. The Banu Adi were with the Meccans as part of the escort that preceded the Battle of Badr; they did not join Quraysh further.
Background and History
Banu Adi was a clan of the Quraysh Arab tribe. The Quraysh's progenitor was Fihr ibn Malik, whose full genealogy, according to traditional Arab sources, was the following: Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana ibn Khuzayma ibn Mudrika ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan.[1] Thus, Fihr belonged to the Kinana tribe and his descent is traced to Adnan the Ishmaelite, the semi-legendary father of the "northern Arabs". According to the traditional sources, Fihr led the warriors of Kinana and Khuzayma in defense of the Kaaba, at the time a major pagan sanctuary in Mecca, against tribes from Yemen; however, the sanctuary and the privileges associated with it continued to be in the hands of the Yemeni Khuza'a tribe. The Quraysh gained their name when Qusayy ibn Kilab, a sixth-generation descendant of Fihr ibn Malik, gathered his kinsmen and took control of the Kaaba. Prior to this, Fihr's offspring lived in scattered, nomadic groups among their Kinana relatives.[1] Banu Adi were descendent of Adi ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr.[1]
Notable members
Clan members include:
- Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph.[2]
- Zayd ibn al-Khattab, (died 632) companion of Muḥammad and the older brother[3] of Umar.[3][4]
- Sa'id bin Zayd, (died 671) companion of Muḥammad.
- Zayd ibn Amr: (died 605) was a monotheist who lived in Mecca before Islam and father of Sa'id bin Zayd.
- Khattab ibn Nufayl: father of Caliph Umar
- Fatimah bint al-Khattab; Female companion of Muhammad, sister of Umar.[5]
- Zayd ibn Umar: son of Umar and Umm Kulthum.[6]
- Abd Allah ibn Umar: Companion of Muhammad and son of caliph Umar.[7]
- Hafsa bint Umar: wife of Muhammad[8]
- Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah: female sahaba and first female Arabic calligrapher.[9]
- Asim ibn Umar: son of Umar, one of the Tabi‘in.[10]
- Salim ibn Abd-Allah (d. 728) was the Tabi‘un, scholar and hadith narrator. He was the grandson of Umar.
- Barrah bint Awf, maternal grandmother of Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza and great-great-grandmother of Muhammad
- Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Adi[11]: ninth century governor of Yemen from 813 to 814 CE.
