The Banū Shabīl (

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: بنو شبيل) are an

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Arab tribe that live in

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. They currently inhabit the Jazan Region and are mainly located in the town of

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in the same region.

Tribal lineage

The lineage of Banu Shabil is traced back to a man named Shabil ibn La'idd. His full genealogical lineage has been given as; Shabil, son of La'idd, son of 'Amir, son of 'Ubayd, son of Imran, son of Rabi'ah, son of 'Abs, son of Shaharah, son of Ghalib, son of 'Abd Allah, son of 'Akk, son of

Adnan Adnan () is traditionally regarded as the patriarch of the Adnanite Arabs, a major Arab lineage that historically inhabited Northern, Western, Eastern, and Central Arabia. The Adnanites are distinct from the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia ...

. This lineage confirmed that the tribe was an

tribe. However, the modern genealogist Aateq Al-Balady disagreed and stated that the Banu Shabil were a

Qahtanite The Qahtanites (; ), also known as Banu Qahtan () or by their nickname ''al-Arab al-Ariba'' (), are the Arabs who originate from modern-day Yemen. The term "Qahtan" is mentioned in multiple Ancient South Arabian script, Ancient South Arabian ins ...

tribe from the

Banu al-Hakam Banu Al-Hakam () ''(Sons of Al-Hakam)''. Al-Hakam Ibn Saad Alasheera Ibn Madh'hij is an Arabian tribe descended from Madh'hij tribe. Al-Hakam had governed Jazan which was known as Al-Mekhlaf Al-Suleimani Jazan. Mekhlaf Bani al-Hakam It is fiv ...

confederation.

Location

In the modern age, the members of the Banu Shabil reside in the Jazan Region in

, their presence centred around the historic town of

in that region. They are neighbours of the Banu Hamad, Banu Marwan and

tribes who also live in that area.

Descendants

Al-Mudakhala family

The ''Al-Mudakhala'' (

: المداخلة) are a family and tribal clan in

descended from both the Banu Shabil and its fellow Adnanite tribe, the

Banu Tamim The Banū Tamīm () are an Arab tribe that originated in Najd and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, and has a strong presence in Algeria, and Morocco, Palestine, ...

. The

Salafist The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a fundamentalist revival movement within Sunni Islam, originating in the late 19th century and influential in the Islamic world to this day. The name "''Salafiyya''" is a self-designation, claiming a retur ...

thinker and Islamic scholar

Rabee al-Madkhali Rabeeʿ bin Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī (; born 1933) is a Saudi Muslim scholar.Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic ThoughtSheikh Rabi’ Ibn Haadi ‘Umayr Al Madkhali The Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims He was formerly a p ...

belonged to the family of Al-Mudakhala. Other members of the family include Muslim scholar Muhammad bin Hadi al-Madkhali and Saudi journalist Khaled al-Madakhali.

References

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Tribal lineage

Location

Descendants

Al-Mudakhala family

See also

References