Al-Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf (, ''al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf'') was the grandfather of
Ubaydah ibn al-Harith
ʿUbayda ibn al-Ḥārith () () was a relative and Companions of the Prophet, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is known for commanding the expedition in which Islam’s first arrow was shot and for being the first Muslim to be shahid, ...
, a
sahabi
The Companions of the Prophet () were the Muslim disciples and followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime. The companions played a major role in Muslim battles, society, hadith narration, and governance ...
of
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
. He was also the ancestor of
Imam Shafi
Al-Shafi'i (; ;767–820 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Is ...
.
History
His father was
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai (, ''ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy'') was a Quraysh (tribe), Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Qusai ibn Kilab, Quṣai ibn Kilāb.
Abd Manaf's name, mea ...
.
Al-Muttalib was the younger brother of
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf (; ), born ʿAmr al-ʿUlā (), was the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the progenitor of the ruling Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. At some point in his life before his father's deat ...
(the great-grandfather of Muhammad). He succeeded his brother Hashim and took care of his nephew
Shaiba ibn Hashim
Shayba ibn Hāshim (; ), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, () was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation and grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life
His father was Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf,Muhammad ibn Saa ...
; when he returned to Mecca with his nephew people thought he was his new slave, so Shaiba became known as "Abd al-Muttalib" (servant of al-Muttalib) because slavery was so common and rampant at that time. When al-Muttalib died, his sons and nephew Abd al-Muttalib succeeded him.
He is the progenitor of Banu al-Muttalib through his children: Al-Harith (or Al-Arrat; father of
Ubaydah, al-Tufayl, and al-Husayn), Ayyilah (who married Uhayb, brother of
Wahb ibn Abd Manaf
Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf () ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah, was the chief of Banu Zuhrah, and the father of Aminah bint Wahb. He was the maternal grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Family
Wahb's great-grandfather was Zuhrah ibn Kila ...
), Hashim (ancestor of
Imam Shafi
Al-Shafi'i (; ;767–820 CE) was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He is known to be the first to write a book upon the principles of Is ...
), Makhramah (father of Qays, al-Qasim, and as-Salt), 'Alqamah, Abu Ruhm and Abbad (only these children are known). His grandchildren and great-grandchildren became companions of their close relative
Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...
, and narrated some of
his sayings.
Qays ibn Makhramah ibn al-Muttalib in particular is known for having been the master of Yasar, the grandfather of
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...
, before freeing Yasar with the surname "al-Muttalibi". (See
Ibn Ishaq
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (; – , known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer who collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic proph ...
)
Family tree
Further reading
* Geraldine de Gaury, ''
Rulers of Mecca''
See also
*
Banu Hashim
Banu Hashim () is an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe to which the Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged, named after Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.
Members of this clan, and especially their descendants, are also referred ...
References
External links
Banu Hashim - Before the Birth of Islam
5th-century Arab people
510s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Quraysh
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