Zayd (name)

Zaid (also Zayd Zeid, Zayed, Seyd; Arab زيد, Zayd DMG ) is a common Arabic name ( ism ), the growth, enlargement means. The most famous bearer of the name in Islam is Zaid ibn Haritha ( زيد بن حارثة / Zayd ibn Ḥāriṯah ), the adopted son of Muhammad; He is also the only one of the companions of Muhammad, the Sahaba, who is mentioned by name in the Koran.

Because of the inconsistent Latin transliteration of the name Zaid can easily be confused with the name Said ( سعيد / Sa ʿ īd ) or the honorary title Sayyid ( سيد / Sayyid ), which differ significantly from each other in Arabic.

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Zaid ibn Thabit, personal scribe of Muhammad
  • Zayd ibn Ali, the last Imam of the Shia five

Other people carry an epithet, in which the name Zaid occurs; " Abu Zayd " or " Abizaid " here means " father of Zaid ":

  • Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, Egyptian literary scholar
  • Abu Zayd Umar Durda, former Prime Minister of Libya
  • Abu Zayd al - Balkhi, Persian geographer and cartographer
  • John P. Abizaid, former general of the U.S. Army

People with the patronymic " Zaid ibn " or " bint Zayd " ( " son " or " daughter of Zaid " ) include:

  • Raihana bint Zayd ibn Amr, a slave of Muhammad
DIN 31635 Sahabah Zayd ibn Thabit
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