Originally he was from the tribe of Balī, but he entered into alliance with the Ansar and, by virtue of that pact, was counted among them. Al-Waqidī even stated that he belonged to the Ansar.

– Ghifār: with a kasrah on the ghayn. Ghifār is an Adnānī tribe, the descendants of Ghifār ibn Milīl ibn Ṣakhrah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyās ibn Muḍar; their dwellings lay near Mecca.
– Kashḥihā: with a fatḥah on the kāf, a sukūn on the shīn, followed by a ḥāʾ. It denotes the area between the flank and the ribs.
– Bayāḍan ("a white patch"): what is meant is baras (vitiligo), a disease that produces white spots on the body.
– ilḥaqī bi-ahlik (return to your family): this wording is an explicit kināyah (euphemism) for divorce. Divorce is effected by it when the husband intends it or when there is contextual evidence that he seeks to pronounce divorce.