Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib (), was the son of

Abd al-Muttalib 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 Sa ...

and

Fatima bint Amr Fāṭimah bint ʿAmr (; 576) was the grandmother of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, most of whom were from outlying ...

, hence an uncle of

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. He was full brother to Abu Talib and to Muhammad's father

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He married Atika bint Abi Wahb of the

Makhzum The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic prop ...

clan, and they had four daughters and one son. #Duba'a, who married

Miqdad ibn Aswad Al-Miqdad ibn Amr al-Bahrani (), better known as al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi () or simply Miqdad, was one of the Sahabah, companions of the Islamic Muhammad, prophet Muhammad. His Kunya (Arabic), kunya was Abu Ma'bad (). Miqdad was born in ...

and had Abd Allah ibn Miqdad and Karima bint Miqdad. #Umm al-Hakam (or Umm Hakim), who married

Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith ()Other transliterations include "Rabah ibn al-Harith" (c.566-c.640) was a first cousin and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family He was a son of Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib of the Hashim clan of the Qur ...

and had nine children. #Safiyya. #Umm al-Zubayr. #Abd Allah. After the death of his eldest half-brother, Al-Harith, Al-Zubayr was next in line. With his brother Abu Talib, he took responsibility for the family obligation to provide food and drink for the pilgrims. He also shared joint guardianship of the young Muhammad. It is said that he took Muhammad on a journey to Yemen 584 CE. A tradition that Ibn Kathir calls "weak" states that he died 585. This is contradicted by several traditions that indicate that he was still alive many years later. Al-Zubayr was the founder of the

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known as the Hilf al-Fudul. This was a movement formed in Mecca in May 591 (soon after the end of the

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) for the suppression of violence and injustice. He is supposed to have said about the pact: :I swore, "Let’s make a pact against them, though we're all members of one tribe. We'll call it ''al-Fudul''; if we make a pact by it, the stranger could overcome those under local protection, and those who go around the

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will know that we reject injustice and will prevent all things shameful ... ''Al-Fudul'' made a pact and alliance that no evildoer shall dwell in Mecca's heart. This was a matter they firmly agreed; and so the protected neighbour and the unprotected stranger are safe among them." Al-Zubayr was among the many Quraysh who participated in the rebuilding of the Kaaba in 605. At first they were afraid to commence, for a large snake took up residence in the sanctuary. One day an eagle carried off the snake, leaving the builders free to work. Al-Zubayr, very impressed by this, composed a poem describing how "''down came the eagle, deadly straight in its swoop; it bore it away ...''"Ibn Ishaq/Guillaume pp. 84-87.

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