16 – Aqil ibn al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Ya-Layl ibn Nāshib al-Laythi.

Others say: Aqil ibn Abi al-Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Ya-Layl ibn Nāshib ibn Ghayrah ibn Saʿd ibn Layth ibn Bukayr ibn ʿAbd Manāt ibn Kinānah al-Laythi.

Muhammad ibn Saʿd traced his lineage and said: His given name was Ghāfil, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ renamed him Aqil.

Abu al-Bukayr had concluded an alliance with Nufayl ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā, the grandfather of ʿUmar. Abu Maʿshar and al-Wāqidī both say that he was “Ibn Abi al-Bukayr.”

He (i.e., Ibn Saʿd) added: Mūsa ibn ʿUqbah, Ibn Isḥāq, and Ibn al-Kalbī all say “Ibn Bukayr.” (1)

Muhammad ibn ʿUmar informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ṣāliḥ related to us, from Yazīd ibn Rūmān, who said:

Ghāfil, ʿĀmir, Iyās, and Khālid—the sons of Abi al-Bukayr—embraced Islam together, and they were the first to pledge allegiance in the house of al-Arqam (2).

Muhammad ibn ʿUmar also informed us, saying: ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn ʿUmārah related to us, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Bakr, who said:

The sons of Abi al-Bukayr emigrated en masse—men and women alike—until their houses stood closed behind them.

They settled with Rifāʿah ibn ʿAbd al-Mundhir in Medina.

He then said—and they have also reported—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ established a bond of brotherhood between Aqil and Mubashshir ibn ʿAbd al-Mundhir, and both of them were killed at Badr.