Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai () was a leader of the Arab tribe of
Tayy, and one of the
companions of Muhammad. He was the son of the poet
Hatim al-Tai who was widely known for his chivalry, masculinity, and generosity among Arabs. Adi remained antagonistic to
Islam for about twenty years until he converted to Islam in 630 (9th year of
Hijri).
[''Muhammad: The Messenger of Islam'' By Hajjah Amina Adil. pp. 530]
Biography
Adiyy inherited the domain of his father and was confirmed in the position by the
Tayy people. A great part of his strength lay in the fact that a quarter of any amount they gained as booty from raiding expeditions had to be given to him.
Before Islam
Before being preached personally by prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
during an encounter with the latter, according to his own words, Adi was practitioner of
Rakusiyya, which spelled Rekusi according to
Adil Salahi
Adil Salahi is a scholar, author and translator, who has written or translated into English various books on Islam. He formerly taught at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education. He was also, for over thirty years, the editor of 'Islam in Pers ...
.
Rakusiyya was a particular syncretic sect which adhered both the teaching of
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesu ...
of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
and the
Judaism
Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...
follower of