Abu Fakiha

Abu Fukayha (c.540–c.620) was the kunya of Yasar, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Three verses of the Quran were revealed about a situation that concerned him.

Biography

Abu Fukayha was ancestrally from the Azd tribe in Yemen. He was a slave in Mecca in the possession of Safwan ibn Umayya ibn Muharrith of the Kinana tribe. His master manumitted him at an unknown date; but his social status in the city remained "insignificant".

He had one son, Abu Tajra, and two daughters, Fukayha and Baraka. Abu Tajra became the mawla of the Abdaldar clan and in his turn had two daughters, Barra and Habiba. This is not correct. His name does not appear on Ibn Ishaq's list of slaves bought by Abu Bakr, which professes to be complete.