Encyclopedia of Muhammad

Banu Saad Tribe

Banu Saad was a tribe, which was a subdivision of Hawazun. Halima Sadiya , the foster mother of

Prophet
Muhammad , belonged to this tribe. 1 The Holy Prophet stayed in this tribe for 5 or 6 years, before he was given back to his mother, Aaminah bint Wahb . 2 Giving more details on this tribe, Kahala states:

  بطن من هوازن، من قيس بن عيلان، من العدنانية، وهم: بنو سعد بن بكر بن هوازن بن منصور بن عكرمة بن خصفة بن قيس بن عيلان. من أوديتهم: قرن الحبال، وهو واد يجيء من السراة. ومن مياههم: تقتد. وهم أصحاب غنم. وشهر ناس منهم يوم جبلة. وهم حضنة النبي صلى اللّٰه تعالى عليه وسلم. وبعث بنو سعد سنة 9 هـ ضمام بن ثعلبة وافدا الى رسول اللّٰه صلى اللّٰه تعالى عليه وسلم، ليجيب عما أرسل به المصطفى لهم، ويتبصر فيما جاء به عليه السلام. 3
  The tribe of Hawazun which is related to the tribes of Adnan is from the descendants of Qais ibn E’elan. The lineage is given as Banu Saad son of Bakar son of Hawazun son of Mansoor son of Ekrama son of Khasfa son of Qais ibn E’elaan. They resided in a valley which contained the horn of the mountain which come from Sirat. Their water springs contained a spring name Taqatud. The people of this tribes were shepherds. The people of this tribe became famous due to their relation with the famous Arab day of ‘Youm-e-Jubla’. This was the tribe in which Prophet Muhammad was brought up. In 9 A.H. a delegation comprising of the people of Banu Saad went to see Prophet Muhammad under the leadership of Damam ibn Tha’laba. This delegation accepted Islam in front of the Holy Prophet .

 

 

  • 1 Muḥammad ibn Isḥaq ibn Yasar Al-Madani (1978), Al-Seerat Al-Nabawiyah le-ibn Ishaq, Dar Al-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon, Vol. 1, Pg. 48.
  • 2 Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Ahmed Al-Halabi (1427 A.H.), Al-Seerah Al-Halabiyah, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Ilmiyah, Beirut, Lebanon, Vol. 1, Pg. 154.
  • 3 Umer ibn Raza Kahala (1994), Mu’jam Qabail Al-Arab Al-Qadeema Al-Hadeetha, Muasasat Al-Risala, Beirut, Lebanon, Vol. 2, Pg. 513-514.