Dorayd bin Al Soma
| Dorayd bin Al Summah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6th century |
| Died | January 630 |
| Father | Muawiyah ibn al-Harith al-Khuza'i al-Jashmi |
| Mother | Rehana bin Maad Yarib |
| Occupation | Poet, knight |
Dorayd bin Al Summah (Arabic: دريد بن الصمة) was a pre-Islamic warrior, knight and poet of the Hawazin tribe. He was also the chief of the Banu Jusham bin Muawiya,[1][2][3] or the modern day Al-Qthami clan of the tribe of Otaibah. Historians have cited that he contributed to more than a hundred battles for his tribe. By the time of the rise of Islam, he was already an old man and remained a pagan.[4][1]
Pedigree of Dorayd bin Al Soma
[edit]Dorayd bin Al Soma (Muawiyah) bin Al-Harith bin Muawiyah bin Bakr bin Alqa bin Khuza'ah bin Ghazieh bin Jashem bin Muawiya[5] bin Bakr bin Hawazen[1]
His attributes
[edit]Dorayd bin Al Summah is a brave knight and poet, and Muhammad bin Salam Al-Jumahi made him the first poet of the knights. He was the longest war poet, and Abu Ubaidah said: Dorayd bin Al Summah was the leader of Banu Jashem bin Saad, their knight and their leader, and participated in about a hundred battles, he did not lose in one of them, and he heard about Islam but did not embrace it, and participated in the Battle of Hunayn.
Brothers
[edit]Duraid had four brothers: Abdullah, who was killed by Ghatafan, Abd Yaghoth, who was killed by Banu Murra, Qais, who was killed by Banu Abi Bakr Ibn Kilab, and Khalid, who was killed by Banu al-Harith Ibn Ka'b. Their mother is Rehana, the daughter of Ma'dikarb al-Zubaidi, the sister of Amr ibn Ma'dikarb.
His story with Khansa
[edit]In his old age, he proposed marriage to the poet Al-Khansa. According to the Kitab al-Aghani, she sent a slave woman to watch him urinate, saying "If his urine cuts into the ground, he has got something left in him; but if his urine trickles over the surface, there's no zip in him." The slave woman observed only a weak stream of urine, so Al-Khansa refused his offer of marriage.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Abi Hatem Sahl bin Muhammad Al-Sijistani. almueamirun walwasaya (in Arabic). p. 8.
- ^ "ص270 - كتاب جمهرة أنساب العرب ابن حزم - وهؤلاء بنو جشم بن معاوية بن بكر بن هوازن بن منصور ابن عكرمة بن خصفة بن قيس عيلان - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "ص367 - كتاب جامع الأصول - دريد بن الصمة - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ بن أيوب الحميري, عبد الملك بن هشام. "مقتل دريد بن الصمة".
- ^ Fuat Sezgin (1991), تاريخ التراث العربي (الشعر إلى حوالي سنة 430 هـ) (in Arabic), translated by Mahmud Fahmi Hijazi, Riyadh: Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Wikidata Q120998471 – via المكتبة الشاملة
- ^ Jones, Alan (2011). Early Arabic Poetry: Select Poems. Ithaca Press. p. ix. ISBN 9780863723872.
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