Hazrat Zayd ibn al-Khattab

Brother of Umar, Martyr of Yamamah

Zayd ibn al-Khattab was the elder brother of Umar ibn al-Khattab رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun, of Banu Adi, and an early Muslim. At the bitter Battle of Yamamah against Musaylama, he carried the Muslim banner; when the line wavered, he urged the Muslims not to retreat, disavowed those who fled, and pressed forward with the standard until he was martyred — after which Salim رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfaرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُOne of the four from whom the Prophet ﷺ bade the Qur'an be learned; martyr of YamamahMuhajirun · Martyrs, the freedman of Abu Hudhayfa رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utbaرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُAn early Muslim who fought at Badr against his own pagan kin; martyr of YamamahMuhajirun · People of Badr · Early Converts, took up the banner. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 517 — Kandhlawi — Zayd ibn al-Khattab bears the banner at Yamamah, urges the Muslims forward, and is martyred. Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun mourned him deeply, saying he thought of Zayd whenever the wind blew, and consoled himself in every grief by remembering his brother’s martyrdom. 2 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 2 · pp. 603 — Kandhlawi — Umar's lifelong grief for his brother Zayd; 'I think of him whenever the wind blows.'