Banu Taym
Sub-Tribe of the Quraysh tribe
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The first Caliph of Islam, Abu Bakr Al Siddiq, hailed from the Banu Taym, as did another prominent companion of Muhammad, Talha ibn Ubaydallah, as well as the third wife of Muhammad, Aisha bint Abi Bakr.
Background
Banu Taym was a clan of the Quraysh Arab tribe. The Quraysh's progenitor was Fihr ibn Malik, whose full genealogy, according to traditional Arab sources, was the following: Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana ibn Khuzayma ibn Mudrika ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan. Thus, Fihr belonged to the Kinana tribe and his descent is traced to Adnan the Ishmaelite, the semi-legendary father of the "northern Arabs". According to the traditional sources, Fihr led the warriors of Kinana and Khuzayma in defense of the Kaaba, at the time a major pagan sanctuary in Mecca, against tribes from Yemen; however, the sanctuary and the privileges associated with it continued to be in the hands of the Yemeni Khuza'a tribe. The Quraysh gained their name when Qusayy ibn Kilab, a sixth-generation descendant of Fihr ibn Malik, gathered his kinsmen and took control of the Kaaba. Prior to this, Fihr's offspring lived in scattered, nomadic groups among their Kinana relatives.
Ancestry
The tribe descended from Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn an-Nadr ibn Kinanah. Taym was a member of the Quraysh al-Bitah (i.e. Qurayshites living near the Kaaba in Mecca), and an uncle of the Qurayshite chief Qusayy ibn Kilab, who was a paternal ancestor of Muhammad.
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Notable members
- Abu Bakr, a senior disciple (Sahabi) and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE, when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death.
- Salma Umm al-Khair (died 632–634) female disciple of Muhammad and mother of Abu Bakr.
- Uthman Abu Quhafa ibn Amir was a notable Muslim and the father of the Caliph Abu Bakr.
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, the eldest son of Abu Bakr
- Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, son of Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza and Abu Bakr, the first Rashidun Caliph.
- Aisha bint Abi Bakr, daughter of Abu Bakr and one of Muhammad's wives.
- Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Military General and Governor of Egypt under Caliph Ali (656–661).
- Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr was an important jurist in early Islam.
- Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, a disciple and companion of Muhammad. A paternal cousin of Abu Bakr.
- Isa ibn Talha al-Taymi, notable transmitter of historical reports by early Islamic historians.
- Muhammad ibn Talha, popular Muslim warrior and soldier.
- A'isha bint Talha, the daughter of Talha and Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr.
- Ishaq ibn Talha, Official in the government of the Caliphate.
- Umm Ishaq bint Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, wife of Hasan ibn Ali and later of Husayn ibn Ali
- Umar ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Ma'mar, commander and governor under the Umayyads and Zubayrids.
- Umm Farwah bint al-Qasim was the wife of Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib and the mother Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Hashimi.
Other Notable members
- Fatimah bint Muhammad al-Taymi the influential wife of the caliph al-Mansur.
- Ibn al-Jawzi, an Arab Muslim jurisconsult, preacher, orator, heresiographer, traditionist, historian, judge, hagiographer, and philologist.
- Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, an Arab from a family that settled in Iran, He was designated as Shaykh al-Islam by Caliph al-Nasir.