Banu Taim

''This is about the sub-clan of Banu Quraish, for the tribe see Banu Tamim.

Banu Taim is a sub-clan to the Quraish tribe. It was closely affiliated with the Quraish tribe ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}. They converted to Islam in the eighth year after the Hijra^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}. 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^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}.

When Abu Bakr became Caliph he sent Khalid bin Walid against some clans of the Bani Tamim in the Ridda Wars (Apostasy Wars)^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}.

They come from Taim ibn Mura.

Leading personalities

Among the tribe's famous personalities:

Jarīr - classical Arab poet^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Al-Farazdaq - classical Arab poet^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, a sahaba of Muhammad^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Abd-Allah ibn Ibadh, founder of the Ibadi sect^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792 C.E.) - Salafi Islamic reformer^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Tālib al-Suhail (d. 1994 C.E.) - Iraqi tribal leader ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Ibn 'Uthaymīn (d. 2001 C.E.) - Saudi Islamic scholar ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
Walid Abdul-Khaliq Ibrahim Al-Timimi (d. 2002 C.E.) - Iraqi nationalist and philosopher^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Famous Saudi Tamimi Families

• [A'Al- Al- Shaikh] , the house of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhāb (d. 1792 C.E.); lives mostly in Riyadh, originally from Oaainah^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

• [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^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

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