Banu Tamim

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''This is not the sub-clan of Banu Quraish, for that, see Banu Taim

The Banī Tamīm or Banu Tamim (Arabic: بنو تميم) are a among the Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad.

Contents

1 History
2 Leading personalities
3 Famous Saudi Tamimi Families
4 Hadith
5 Dynasties
6 References

History

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.

In the pre-Islamic period, the Tamīm tribe 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]]}.

The word Tamim in Arabic means strong and solid.

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]]}

Note: Al, A’Al or Bin before family names are prepositions equivalent to the Dutch “von” or the French “de”

Hadith

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."

Dynasties

The Aghlabid dynasty (800-909 C.E.)
The Al Thani family (1960-present C.E.)

References

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