Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl

Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl
الخطاب بن نفيل
Chief of the Banu Adi
Preceded byNufayl ibn Abd al-Uzza
Personal details
Born
al-Khattab

Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
Diedc.600s
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
Spouses
RelationsSa'id ibn Zayd (son-in-law)
Children
ParentNufayl ibn Abd al-Uzza
Military service
AllegianceQuraysh, Mecca

Al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl (Arabic: الخطاب بن نفيل) was an Arab chief from the Meccan branch of Quraysh. He lived during the sixth century and was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His son Umar would later become Muslim, and would come to be the second Rashidun Caliph. He was the ancestor of a good number of the companions of the Prophet.[1]

  1. ^ Al Maarif, by Ibn Qutaybah page 77, Chapter "Dhikr Umar" [1]