Banu Tamim

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The people of the tribe of Banu Tamim came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rejoice, O Banu Tamim!" They said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You have given us glad tidings, so give us something."

Ibn Fatik (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ka'b said to me: "Indeed, among the tribes of the Arabs, the hardest against the Dajjal will be your people," meaning the tribe of Banu Tamim.

Fudayl bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: People mentioned the tribe of Banu Tamim in the presence of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, Banu Tamim will be the hardest of people against the Dajjal."

Thawr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from a man: A man of the Ansar sent a proposal of marriage to a woman. At this the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "What harm is it to you, when she has religion and beauty, that she is not from the family of Hajib bin Zurarah al-Tamimi?"

Abu al-Aliyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: From every five, one man recited the Qur'an before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They differed in dialect, yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased with the recitation of all of them. And the tribe of Banu Tamim were the most eloquent of the people in Arabic.

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asking about eighteen suits of horse armour (tajfaf) that had come to him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to him in reply: "Give this armour to the bravest tribe of the Arabs." The narrator said: So he (may Allah be pleased with him) gave this armour to Banu Rabah, a branch of Banu Tamim.