Hazrat Aqil ibn al-Bukayr

Renamed at Dar al-Arqam

Aqil ibn al-Bukayr was one of four brothers of Banu Layth — Khalid, Amir, Aqil, and Iyas — who embraced Islam early at Dar al-Arqam رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqamرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHis house (Dar al-Arqam) was the first base of Islam in MakkahMuhajirun · Early Converts. His name had been Ghafil — “heedless” — and the Prophet ﷺ changed it to Aqil, “intelligent and alert.” 1 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 49, 273 — Idris Kandhlawi — Aqil among the early Muslims at Dar al-Arqam; the Prophet renames him from Ghafil to Aqil.

Martyrdom at Badr

He emigrated with his brothers in the company of Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Umar ibn al-Khattabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُSecond Caliph; al-Farooq, who expanded the Islamic stateKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun’s Hijra, was paired in Madinah brotherhood with Mubashir ibn Abd al-Mundhir, and was martyred at Badr at the age of thirty-four. 2 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 198, 273 — Idris Kandhlawi — Aqil paired with Mubashir; martyred at Badr aged 34.