Note: the seed entry “Amir ibn Abi Waqqas” appears in the corpus only as Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas, Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas’s younger brother. This profile is written for him.
Sa’d’s Younger Brother
Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas was the younger brother of Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas and one of the very earliest Muslims of Banu Zuhra at the house of Arqam. 1 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 49 — Idris Kandhlawi — Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas among the early Muslims with his brother Sa'd.
Badr at Sixteen
At Badr the Prophet ﷺ first sent him back, judging him too young; the boy wept, fearing he would be deprived of martyrdom. The Prophet ﷺ relented, and Umayr fell that same day at sixteen years of age. 2 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 273 — Idris Kandhlawi — Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas, sixteen years old, almost sent back at Badr and martyred there.
Life Timeline
Born in Makkah
Younger brother of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, of Banu Zuhra.
Among the very first Muslims
Martyred at Badr at sixteen
References
- Seerat-e-Mustafa — Idris Kandhlawi — Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas among the earliest Muslims; martyred at Badr aged about sixteen Vol 1 · pp. 49, 273