Yazid berasal dari kabilah Sakasik dari [[Kindah (suku)|Bani Kindah]]. Silsilahnya adalah Yazid bin Abi Kabsyah, nama Abi Kabsyahnamanya adalah Jibril bin Yasar bin Hayya bin Qurth bin Syabil bin al-Muqallad bin Ma'dikarib bin Arif bin As-Sakasik bin Asyras bin Kindah.<ref name="O">{{Cite web|url=https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&ID=622&bk_no=60&flag=1|title=Siyar A'lam an-Nubala – Yazid bin Abi Kabsyah| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003447/https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents | archive-date = 12 November 2020 | language = ar }}</ref> <ref>https://shamela.ws/book/12286/7517#p1</ref> <ref>https://shamela.ws/book/9793/426#p1</ref> <ref>https://shamela.ws/book/9793/429#p1</ref>
