Banu Tamim
''This is
not the
sub-clan of
Quraish, for that, see
Banu TaimThe
Banī Tamīm or
Banu Tamim (
Arabic: بنو تميم) are a among the
Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad.
Regarding the tribe's size and strength it is said, "Had it not been for the coming of Islam, the Tamīm tribe would have consumed the Arabs."
The Bani Tamīm are located primarily in
Najd (Central Saudi Arabia), central and southern
Iraq (
Basra and
Diyala) and the
Iranian province of
Khuzestan. Members of this tribe are identifiable by the surnames of "Al-Tamimi" or "al-Tamīmī", which can be spelled as "Al-Timimi" or "Al-Temimi" in reflection of the local accent.
The tribe's progenitor,
Tamīm ibn Murr is said to have lived in the
1st century CE and is reported to have met one of
Jesus Christ's
disciples. Through their ancestor Tamīm, the tribe traces its lineage to
Adnan and the prophets
Ishamel and
Abraham.
They converted to Islam in the eighth year after the
Hijra. In an
Islamic hadith,
Muhammad remarked that the Tamīm tribe would be the most vigorous of his community in fighting the
Dajjal (the Antichrist), an evil figure in Islamic
eschatology[[1]].
When
Abu Bakr became
Caliph he sent
Khalid bin Walid against some clans of the Bani Tamim in the Ridda Wars (Apostasy Wars).
The word Tamim in Arabic means strong and solid.
Among the tribe's famous personalities:
*
Jarīr - classical Arab poet
[[2]]*
Al-Farazdaq - classical Arab poet
[[3]]*
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, a
sahaba of
Muhammad[[4]]*
Abd-Allah ibn Ibadh, founder of the
Ibadi sect
*
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792 C.E.) -
Salafi Islamic reformer
[[5]]*
Tālib al-Suhail (d. 1994 C.E.) - Iraqi tribal leader
*
Ibn 'Uthaymīn (d. 2001 C.E.) - Saudi Islamic scholar
*
Walid Abdul-Khaliq Ibrahim Al-Timimi (d. 2002 C.E.) - Iraqi nationalist and philosopher
• [A'Al- Al- Shaikh] , the house of
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792 C.E.); lives mostly in Riyadh, originally from Oaainah
• [Al-KADI] ,
House of Kadies "Judges" the line of [Muhammad ibn Ahmed ibn Moneef | The Judge ] (d. in the 16th century C.E.); lives mostly in Riyadh, Onizah; originally from Oshagir then Onizah
found in
Sahih Bukhari::''"I have loved the people of the tribe of
Bani Tamim, ever since I heard three things the Messenger of Allaah , sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said about them. I heard him saying, 'these people (of the tribe of Bani Tamim) would stand firm against the Dajjaal.' When the Saddaqat from that tribe came, the Messenger of Allaah , sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said, "these are the Saddaqat (charitable gifts) of our folk." Aa'ishah had a slave girl from that tribe, and the Prophet , sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said to Aa'ishah, 'manumit her as she is a descendant of Ismaa'eel, alayhis salaam.'"
[(ahadith 2543 and 4366 of al-Fath)]Also from
Musnad Imam Ahmed::''"do not say of Bani Tameem anything but good, for indeed they are the severest of people in attacking the Dajjaal."
* The
Aghlabid dynasty (800-909 C.E.)
* The
Al Thani family (1960-present C.E.)
