He was the son of al-Harith ibn Sakhbara, who was from the
Azd tribe, and
Umm Ruman bint Amir, who was from the al-Harith tribe of the
Kinana group. The family migrated to
Mecca, where his father became an ally of Abu Bakr. Soon afterwards, al-Harith died, leaving Tufayl and his widowed mother completely dependent on Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr married Umm Ruman c. 601. When their mother
emigrated to
Medina in 622, Tufayl and his half-brother
Abdulrahman remained in Mecca. ==References==