Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufail
A companion of Waraqa
He belonged to the group of people who were monotheist
Uthman ibn Huwaris who became Christian from Rome
Obaidullah ibn Jahsh who becomes Christian and he accepts Islam then he became Christian again and died Christian
Zaid ibn Amr and Waraqa bin Nufail
Waraqa was a historian priest like Salman Al Farsi
Zaid ibn Amr is neither Christian or Jew
Zaid ibn Amr remains on religion of Ibrahim
He is from the Adee Clan
The first cousin of Umar bin Khattab
Khattab is the paternal uncle of Zaid
Zaid had two children one son and one daughter
Prophet saw Zaid growing up and was fascinated by him
Prophet and Abu Bakr did not worship idols but did not openly condemn it
Zaid said idol worship is a rejection of the way of Ibrahim
Prophet met Zaid bin Amr and Prophet served food in gathering
Zaid likes Prophet as a noble man
Zaid said do not eat from this or serve it
From then Prophet did not eat from meat of Quresh or served it
Zaid would raise his hands to the Kaaba and said I am on the deen of Ibrahim
At the time of Hajj Zaid puts his hands on the Kaaba with his back on it
O assembly of Quresh no one is on religion of Ibrahim except me
People ignored him and mocked him
Asma bint Abu Bakr said Zaid would make sujood towards the Kaaba
Zaid would start to cry and say O Allah if only I knew which of the ways is pleasing to you but I dont know so I will make sujood and hope I am right
Quresh took rituals of Ibrahim and turned it into pagan rituals
Khattab wanted to kill Zaid
Prophet said why is it that your people hate you so much
Zaid said because I left their religion for the religion of Ibrahim
Zaid has a love for Ibrahim and he wants to preserve his way
Zaid would stop the men from burying their daughters alive
Zaid was so close to accepting Islam with Prophet but he was killed
Zaid died at 85 years old
Zaid made a dua O Allah if you have forbidden me from the companionship of your Prophet than don't let my son be prevented
Ateeqa bin Zaid became the wife of 5 martyrs
Ateeqa married Zaid bin Khattab
Umar, Abdullah bin Abu Bakr, Hassan bin Ali
Saeed bin Zaid married Fatima bint Khattab
Saeed and Umar went to Prophet to asked about Zaid bin Amr
Saeed said O Prophet you know who my father was
Saeed said can we seek forgiveness for him
Prophet said seek forgiveness for him
Zaid bin Amr was an Ummah by himself on judgement day entering Jannah