Banū Taym (Arabic: بَنُو تَيْم) | |
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Qurayshi / Adnanite Arabs | |
Nisba | At-Taymī (ٱلتَّيْمي) |
Location | Western Arabian Peninsula, especially in Mecca (present-day Saudi Arabia) |
Descended from | Taym ibn Murrah |
Branches | Banū Suhrawardy |
Religion | Islam |
Banū Taym (Arabic: بَنُو تَيْم; alternatively transliterated as Banu Taim or Banu Tahim) was a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. The first caliph, Abu Bakr, hailed from the Banu Taym, as did another prominent companion of Muhammad, Talha ibn Ubaydallah.