Yunus bin Bukayr narrates from Ibn Ishaq that he said: Among those of Banu Zuhrah and their allies who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was al-Miqdad bin Amr bin Tha'labah bin Malik bin Zam'ah bin Thumamah bin Matrud bin Amr bin Rabi'ah bin Zuhayr bin Namir bin Tha'labah bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Urwah, regarding the names of those of Banu Zuhrah and their allies who took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that al-Miqdad bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) was among them.

Shabab al-Usfuri states that Ibn Ishaq said: Al-Miqdad (may Allah be pleased with him) is attributed to al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth bin Wahb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah because he had taken him as his adopted son. And according to another view, he is attributed to al-Aswad bin Abi Qays bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah.

It is narrated from Sufyan bin Suhbanah al-Mahri that he said: I was a companion of al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (may Allah be pleased with him) in the Days of Ignorance. He had killed someone among his people, because of which he fled to the tribe of Kindah and became their ally. Then there too blood was shed by him (someone was killed), so he fled to Makkah and became an ally of al-Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth; for this reason he is attributed to him (al-Aswad).