Dorayd bin Al Summah | |
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Born | 6th century |
Died | January 630 |
Father | Muawiyah ibn al-Harith al-Khuza'i al-Jashmi |
Mother | Rehana bin Maad Yarib |
Occupation | Poet, knight |
Dorayd bin Al Summah (Arabic: دريد بن الصمة) was a pre-Islamic warrior, knight and poet of the Hawazin tribe. He was also the chief of the Banu Jusham bin Muawiya,[1][2][3] or the modern day Al-Qthami clan of the tribe of Otaibah. Historians have cited that he contributed to more than a hundred battles for his tribe. By the time of the rise of Islam, he was already an old man and remained a pagan.[4][1]