Notable people
Said ibn Zayd (May Allah be pleased with him)
Overview
An early Muslim and one of ten promised Paradise, related by marriage to Umar’s family.
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Identity and background
His father was Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl of Quraysh’s Banu Adi.
Father and son had different lives; Zayd’s pre-Islamic religious search is not Said’s own career.
References · 1
- Ibn Abd al-Barr — Al-Istiab fi Marifat al-Ashab
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Family and relationships
His wife Fatimah bint al-Khattab was Umar’s sister.
This connected their families by marriage; she is distinct from Fatimah bint Muhammad.
References · 1
- Ibn Abd al-Barr — Al-Istiab fi Marifat al-Ashab
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Faith and relationship to Islam
In Bukhari 3862 he recalls being pressured before Umar’s conversion.
This is personal testimony to early Makkan persecution, belonging to an earlier phase of Umar’s life.
References · 1
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3862
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Quranic and hadith references
Tirmidhi 3747 explicitly names him among the ten.
It does not supply birth dates, lifespan or all campaigns; those are separate biographical matters.
References · 2
- Jami at-Tirmidhi 3747
- Ibn Abd al-Barr — Al-Istiab fi Marifat al-Ashab
References
References · 3
- Ibn Abd al-Barr — Al-Istiab fi Marifat al-Ashab
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3862
- Jami at-Tirmidhi 3747