The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar

The division of the offices of Mecca between the sons of Abd Manaf and the sons of Abd al-Dar after the death of Abd Manaf: a settlement that spared Quraysh from fighting and divided the five offices that Qusayy had combined between the two houses. ^{1 2}.

Qusayy had bequeathed to his eldest son Abd al-Dar the duties of Quraysh that he held: the Dar al-Nadwa, the hijaba, the liwa, the siqaya and the rifada, so that he would stand level with the others even if Abd Manaf was more prominent. Qusayy's command, in his life and after his death, was like a binding rule, and when he died his sons upheld it without dispute. ¹.

When Abd Manaf died, his sons competed with their cousins of Abd al-Dar for these offices. Quraysh split into two factions, and fighting nearly broke out between them, but they called for a settlement and divided the offices. The siqaya and the rifada went to the sons of Abd Manaf, while the Dar al-Nadwa, the liwa and the hijaba remained in the hands of Banu Abd al-Dar. ^{1 2}.

The sons of Abd Manaf then referred what had fallen to them to a lot, and it came out for Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, who held the siqaya and the rifada for the rest of his life. When he died, his brother al-Muttalib succeeded him. After him Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ, held the office, and after him his sons, until Islam came and the office passed to al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. ^{1 3 4}. See the offices of Quraysh.

The book gives no date for the event. It is placed roughly a century after Qusayy took control of Mecca, around 440 CE.