Mut`im ibn ‘Adi

Mut‘im ibn ‘Adi (Arabic: مطعم بن عدي‎) was a non-Muslim contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the chief of the Banu Nawfal clan of the Banu Quraish tribe.

Mut‘im died a non-Muslim; however, his son Jubayr ibn Mut'im became a Muslim.

Mut‘im was part of the third deputation aimed at having Abu Talib stop protecting Muhammad.

Mut‘im, together with four other people, took a prominent initiative that resulted in the end of the Meccan boycott that was causing starvation to the Muslims.

Abu Bakr had initially engaged his daughter ‘A’isha to Mut‘im's son Jubayr ibn Mut'im some time between her birth in 613 and 619. When Mut‘im was informed that Abu Bakr had adopted Islam, he no longer wished his son to marry ‘A’isha who was six years old when she Married Mohammad. Also we know Aisha was originally engaged to Jubayr but that in 619 the year after Khadijah, Mohammad's first wife died Mohammad married Aisha. Mohammads first wife Khadijah had died in 619 AD a Chapter which Lings called "The Year of Sadness" which begins by referring to 619 AD and he reference to the engagement to Jubayr two chapters later ( p. 106) beginning "In the Year which followed The Year of Sadness".Tradition (Sahih ahadith) also says that while Aisha was between six and seven when she married and 9 or 10 when this marriage was consummated.

When Muhammad and Zaid ibn Muhammad (son of Haritha, who was for a time the adopted son of Muhammad) went to Ta'if to invite them to Islam, but did not succeed and returned to Mecca, he did not return openly. Muhammad sent Zaid to seek asylum for him among his friends in Mecca. Mut‘im provided asylum for him and he returned to Mecca.

After Muhammad stated that he had undergone the Isra and Mi‘raj, Mut‘im said:

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