Banu Adi

Banu Adi (بنو عدي) was a clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Adi ibn Ka'b. The Banu Adi were with the Meccans as part of the escort that preceded the Battle of Badr; they did not join Quraysh further.

Notable members
Clan members include:


 * Umar ibn al-Khattab, the caliph
 * Zayd ibn al-Khattab, (died 632) companion of Muḥammad and the brother of Umar.
 * Sa'id bin Zayd, (died 671) companion of Muḥammad.
 * Zayd ibn Amr: (died 605) was a monotheist who lived in Mecca before Islam and father of Sa'id bin Zayd.
 * Khattab ibn Nufayl: father of Caliph Umar
 * Fatimah bint al-Khattab
 * Zayd ibn Umar: son of Umar
 * Abdullah ibn Umar: son of Caliph Umar
 * Hafsa bint Umar: wife of Muhammad
 * Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah: the only literate female sahaba
 * Asim ibn Umar: son of Umar, one of the Tabi‘in.
 * Salim ibn Abd-Allah (d. 728) was the Tabi‘un, scholar and hadith narrator. He was the grandson of Umar.
 * Umar ibn Ibrahim ibn Waqid al-Umari, the Governor of Yemen for the Abbasid Caliphate from 813 to mid-814 CE.
 * Abu Turab al-Zahiri: born in India of Arab Indian descent
 * Barrah bint Awf, maternal grandmother of Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza and great-great-grandmother of Muhammad