Banū ‘Abd ad-Dār (, "Sons of the Servant of the House" — referring to the

Kaaba The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and Holiest sites in Islam, holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Sa ...

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sub-clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societie ...

of the

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Quraysh The Quraysh () are an Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe who controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided into ten main clans, most notably including the Banu Hashim, into which Islam's founding prophet Muhammad was born. By ...

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Their progenitor is Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab. Historically, this tribe carried the banner in war, and

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 ...

continued that tradition. In battles between the Makkans and the Muslims, the banner was frequently carried on both sides by a member of this tribe. Known to be the custodian of the Kaaba during the period of '' Jāhiliyyah'' (, 'Ignorance'), and upheld by the Islamic ''Nabí'' (,

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* The mistress of

Al-Nahdiah Al-Nahdiah (النهضة) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Other transliterations include Nadia, An-Nahdiyah or Al Nahdiah (). This name indicates her tribe (Nahd); her personal name seems to have been Hakima.Ismail ibn Umar ib ...

Barrah bint Abdul Uzza Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza () ibn Uthman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab (of the Banu Abd ad-Dar), was the maternal grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family The mother of Barrah was Um Habib bint Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusai ibn Kil ...

bin Uthman bin Abd al-Dar,

's maternal grandmother *

Mus`ab ibn `Umair Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr () also known as Muṣʿab al-Khayr ("the Good") was a '' sahabi'' (companion) of Muhammad. From the Banū ʿAbd al-Dār branch of the Quraysh, he embraced Islam in 614 CE and was the first ambassador of Islam. He died in ...

ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ibn Abd al-Dar, a companion of Muhammad

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