Banu Najjar

Banu Najjar (Arabic: بَنُو نَجَّار, "the carpenters") or Banu al-Naggar is the name of several unrelated historical and modern-day tribes throughout the Arab world. The individual tribes vary in religious composition, originally exiled Jews from Jerusalem, most are Muslim today. [1][2]

Banu Najjar
بَنُو نَجَّار
Tribe
Several Historical Tribes of Arabia
NisbaNajjari
Khazraji
LocationYathrib, Hejaz, Arabia
Descended from(King David)
ReligionIslam

In Islamic history

Banu Najjar group are mentioned in the Charter of Medina. The Banu Najjar of Medina were the maternal clan of Muhammad through his mother Aminah, they were also his relatives through his grandfather Abdul-Muttalib’s mother Salma.[3] Islamic historians like Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and al-Tabari list them as a clan of the large Banu Khazraj tribe of Medina, who trace their lineage to a descendant of King David named Khazraj.[4][5] The Banu Najjar had at least three sub-clans.[6]

Before Islam, the Banu Najjar of Medina practiced Rabbinic Judaism.[7][6] They had a tribal alliance with other Jews of Medina and across Arabia.[8][6] [9]

Muhammad initially settled among them when he emigrated from Mecca to Medina. The Prophet's Mosque was built on land purchased by Muhammad from two orphans of the Banu Najjar clan named Sahl and Suhail. The Prophet’s mosque currently occupies a part of their former agricultural district. [10][11] The Banu Najjar played an important role in the early expansion of Islam, serving as educators, missionaries and administrators. The Banu Najjar are praised for being visionaries, sincere and enterprising in several hadith attributed to Muhammad.[12] [13]

People

Further reading
  • Mohamad Jebara, Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2021) ISBN 978-1250239648.

References
  1. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 38
  2. "Banu Najjar". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 56
  4. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1986). Fath al-Bari. page 144.
  5. al-Tabari, Abu Jafar. The History of al-Tabari Vol. 6: Muhammad at Mecca. p. 125. ISBN 9780887067075.
  6. FE Peters, ed. (2014). "Idol Worship in Pre-Islamic Medina". The Arabs and Arabia on the Eve of Islam (Volume 3). Routledge. pp. 130–134, 153. ISBN 9781351894807.
  7. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 38
  8. Guillaume, Alfred (1963). "New light on the life of Muhammad". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 26 (2): 427–428.
  9. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 38
  10. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 202
  11. "Sahih Bukhari". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  12. "Sahih Bukhari". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. Muhammad the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait, page 192


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