Mut‘im ibn ‘Adi
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Mut‘im ibn ‘Uday was a non-Muslim
Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era
This is a list of the non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era. In Islam, the Ṣaḥābah were the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is Ṣaḥābi...

, uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

 and the chief of the Banu Nawfal
Banu Nawfal
Banu Nawfal is a notable Arabic sub-clan of the Quraish tribe. Its progenitor is Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf .Chief: Mut`im ibn ‘Adi...

 clan of the Banu Quraish tribe.

‘A’isha (610)

In , Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...

 had initially engaged his daughter ‘A’isha to Mut‘im's son Jubayr ibn Mut'im
Jubayr ibn Mut'im
Jubayr ibn Mut‘im was one of the Meccan enemies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whom later became a Sahaba.-Aisha:In , Abu Bakr had initially engaged his daughter Aisha to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, but when Jubayr's father Mut`im ibn `Uday was informed that Abu Bakr had adopted Islam and rejected...

, but when Mut‘im was informed that Abu Bakr had adopted Islam, he no longer wished his son to marry ‘A’isha.

Third deputation with Abu Talib

Mut‘im was part of the third deputation aimed at having Abu Talib stop protecting Muhammad.

Meccan boycott of the Hashemites (617-619)

Mut‘im, together with four other people, took a prominent initiative that resulted in the end of the Meccan boycott that was causing starvation to the Muslims.

Muhammad's visit to Ta'if (620)

When Muhammad and Zaid ibn Muhammad (son of Haritha, who was for a time the adopted son of Muhammad) went to Ta'if to invite them to Islam, but did not succeed and returned to Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...

, he did not dare to return openly. Muhammad sent Zaid to seek asylum for him among his friends in Mecca. Mut‘im provided asylum for him and he returned to Mecca.

Isra and Mi‘raj (620)

After Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

 stated that he had undergone the Isra and Mi‘raj, Mut‘im said:

Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...

 said:

Second pledge at al-Aqabah (622)

Sa'd ibn Ubadah
Sa'd ibn Ubadah
Sa'd ibn Ubadah ibn Dulaim was one of the prominent Sahabah and Ansar, the chief of the Banu Khazraj.He participated in the secret second pledge at al-Aqabah. It was not after that the Medinan pilgrims had left the city, that the Meccans became aware of the meeting at Aqabah. They pursued the...

 participated in the secret Second pledged. It was not after that the Medinan pilgrims had left the city that the Meccans became aware of meeting and in a fit of rage, they pursued the pilgrims but only managed to catch hold of Sa‘d, who they subjected to great tortures, but he was later rescued by Mut‘im and Harith ibn Harb
Harith ibn Harb
Harith ibn Harb was the son of the 7th century Arabian Meccan leader Harb ibn Umayya, thus he was also the brother of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, the man who would be Muhammad's arch enemy, but adopt Islam after the Conquest of Mecca....

with whom Sa‘d had trade relations.
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