Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 5573

Muhammad bin Umar states: Al-Miqdad bin Amr bin Tha'labah bin Malik bin Rabi'ah (this is his lineage), and the narrator traced his lineage up to Quda'ah. His kunyah was Abu Ma'bad. In the Days of Ignorance he had made an alliance (a pact) with al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth al-Zuhri, who took him as his adopted son, because of which he was called al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad. Then when this verse of the Qur'an was revealed: "Call them (the adopted sons) by (the names of) their (real) fathers" [Surah al-Ahzab: 5], he began to be called al-Miqdad bin Amr. According to the narration of Ibn Ishaq, al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the second emigration to Abyssinia. He took part in the Battles of Badr, Uhud, al-Khandaq and all the campaigns with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was counted among the renowned archers from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).