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Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl
c. c. 550 – c. 605
Place: mecca
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Reported in Sahih al-Bukhari 3826–3828 and Ibn Ishaq (insider, compiled 8th–9th c.).
Tradition remembers Zayd as a Meccan who refused idol sacrifices, condemned the burying alive of infant girls, and travelled to Syria and Iraq questioning Jewish and Christian scholars before settling on 'the religion of Abraham'. He is said to have died shortly before Muhammad's call.
People named here
- Zayd ibn 'Amr
- 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (relative)
- Sa'id ibn Zayd (son)
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Text and wording
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The hanifs: Abraham's 'pure monotheism'
Zayd is the model hanif in tradition.
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Influence
Out
Tradition says Muhammad met Zayd, who refused idol meat.
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Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3826–3828 (on Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl)
Sunnah.com. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, trans. A. Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad (OUP 1955) — insider tradition, compiled c. 750, recension of Ibn Hisham d. 833
Internet Archive (lending record). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Wikipedia: Zayd ibn Amr
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.