Banu Abd Manaf

بنو عبد مناف

Banu Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy — Quraysh of the hollows and the Prophet ﷺ's house: Hashim, al-Muttalib, Abd Shams and Nawfal, the sons of Abd Manaf, to whose line the siqaya, rifada, liwa and ifada fell in the casting of the offices 1 2.

Depth

At a glance

Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia

Family, marriage and kinship

Summary

Banu Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy — Quraysh of the hollows and the Prophet's house: Hashim, al-Muttalib, Abd Shams and Nawfal, the sons of Abd Manaf, to whose line the siqaya, rifada, liwa and ifada fell in the casting of the offices 1 2.

Lineage and home

النسب والبيوت: أولاد عبد مناف أربعة: هاشم جد النبي والعباس، والمطلب جد جعفر وعقيل، وعبد شمس جد أمية وذريتها، ونوفل جد المطلب بن أبي وداعة وورقة بن نوفل وجبير بن مطعم 3 4.

In Islam and history

بنو عبد مناف بيت النبي في قريش؛ منهم هاشم والمطلب وعبد شمس ونوفل.

For younger visitors

بنو عبد مناف قریش میں نبی کا گھر ہے۔

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· The Muslim home (al-bayt al-muslim)· Living with a spouse in kindness (mu'ashara bil-ma'ruf)· Male guardianship in the family (qiwama)· Bequest (wasiyya)· The sacrifice for a newborn (aqiqa): its ruling, age, animals and manner· Arham (kinship ties)· Dismissal from office and withdrawal (azl)

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.31
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/125-132
  3. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/107
  4. الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة — ابن حجر العسقلاني
  • Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari
  • al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
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People

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