ʿĀqil ibn al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Yā Lail ibn Nāshib al-LaythīTabaqāt Ibn Saʿd: 3/1/282-283, Tabaqāt Khalīfah: 23, Tārīkh Khalīfah: 60, Al-Istīʿāb: 9/71, Asad al-Ghābah: 3/116, Al-‘Aqd al-Thamīn: 5/81, Al-Iṣābah: 5/273, Shadharāt al-Dhahab: 1/9. (1) Narrated by Ibn Saʿd 3/1/282 and also in Al-Iṣābah 5/273. (Arabic: عاقل بن البكير بن عبد يا ليل بن ناشب الليثي) was an early sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He participated in the Battle of Badr and was martyred.
Lineage His lineage is: ʿĀqil ibn Abī al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Yā Lail ibn Nāshib ibn Ghayrah ibn Saʿd ibn Layth ibn Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Munāf ibn Kinānah al-Laythī
Ibn Sa'd stated his name was Ghāfil; however, Muhammad called him ʿĀqil. Tabaqāt Ibn Saʿd: 3/1/282-283
Brief biography He was from the early converts of Islam where he pledged allegiance in the house of Arqam alongside his brothers Āmir, Iyās, and Khālid.Ibn Saʿd 3/1/282, Asad al-Ghābah 3/116 and Al-Iṣābah 5/273.
The sons of Abī al-Bukayr emigrated with their families and settled in Medina with Rafāʿah ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir.
It was said that Muhammad made ʿĀqil brothers, in a sense of friendship, with Majdhar ibn Ziyād and Mubashshir ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir.
Death ʿĀqil was martyred, at the age of 34, alongside his close companion Mubashshir ibn ʿAbd al-Munẓir at the Battle of Badr.
According to historical accounts, ʿĀqil was killed by Mālik ibn Zuhayr al-Jushamī.Ibn Saʿd 3/1/283, Asad al-Ghābah 3/116 and Ibn Hishām 1/477.
See also List of Sahabah
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