Āqil ibn al-Bukayr
ʿĀqil ibn al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Yā Lail ibn Nāshib al-Laythī[1] (Arabic: عاقل بن البكير بن عبد يا ليل بن ناشب الليثي) was an early sahabi (companion) of the Prophet Muhammad, He participated in the Battle of Badr and was martyred.[2]
Lineage
[edit]His lineage is: ʿĀqil ibn Abī al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Yā Lail ibn Nāshib ibn Ghayrah ibn Saʿd ibn Layth ibn Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Munāf ibn Kinānah al-Laythī[1]
Ibn Sa'd stated his name was Ghāfil; however, the Prophet Muhammad called him ʿĀqil. [3][2]
Brief biography
[edit]He was from the early converts of Islam where he pledged allegiance in the house of Arqam alongside his brothers Āmir, Iyās, and Khālid.[4]
The sons of Abī al-Bukayr emigrated with their families and settled in Medina with Rafāʿah ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir.[2]
It was said that the Prophet Muhammad made ʿĀqil brothers, in a sense of friendship, with Majdhar ibn Ziyād and Mubashshir ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir.[2]
Death
[edit]ʿĀqil was martyred, at the age of 34, alongide his close companion Mubashshir ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir at the Battle of Badr.[2]
According to historical accounts, ʿĀqil was killed by Mālik ibn Zuhayr al-Jushamī.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tabaqāt Ibn Saʿd: 3/1/282-283, Tabaqāt Khalīfah: 23, Tārīkh Khalīfah: 60, Al-Istīʿāb: 9/71, Asad al-Ghābah: 3/116, Al-‘Aqd al-Thamīn: 5/81, Al-Iṣābah: 5/273, Shadharāt al-Dhahab: 1/9. (1) Narrated by Ibn Saʿd 3/1/282 and also in Al-Iṣābah 5/273.
- ^ a b c d e SIYAR 'ALAAM AN-NUBALAA [Biography of the Nobles] (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al Risala Foundation. 1985. pp. 185–186.
- ^ Tabaqāt Ibn Saʿd: 3/1/282-283
- ^ Ibn Saʿd 3/1/282, Asad al-Ghābah 3/116 and Al-Iṣābah 5/273.
- ^ Ibn Saʿd 3/1/283, Asad al-Ghābah 3/116 and Ibn Hishām 1/477.