Banu Daws
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The Banu Daws was one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era. Located south of Mecca
, the tribe numbered among its leaders
Tufayl ibn Amr
, one of Muhammad
's companions.
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
, the tribe numbered among its leaders
Tufayl ibn Amr
Tufayl ibn Amr
Al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi was the chief of the Banu Daws tribe from Tihama in pre-Quranic times. He accepted Islam before the hijra and helped propagate Islam among his fellow tribesmen. During the Riddah wars, he led a contingent of his people against the impostor Mosailima. In the Battle of...
, one of Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
's companions.