Banu Adi

Banu Adi () 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.

Notable members

Clan members include:

• Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph.
• Zayd ibn al-Khattab, (died 632) companion of Muḥammad and the brother of Umar.
• 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
• Zayd ibn Umar: son of Umar
• Abdullah ibn Umar: son of Caliph Umar
• Hafsa bint Umar: wife of Muhammad
• Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah: the only literate female sahaba
• Asim ibn Umar: son of Umar, one of the Tabi‘in.
• 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

See also

• Family tree of Umar

References