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Madhhij

مذحج

The Qahtanite tribe into which Abu Haritha ibn Muzayqiya and his grandson Da'bal entered at Najran when they left the Azd's march — Abu Haritha called the grandsire of Najran's al-Harith ibn Ka'b 1.

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Madhhij is one of the best-known branches of the Qahtani Kahlan in The Sealed Nectar's count, with Hamdan, Anmar, Tayy, Kinda, Lakhm, Judham and al-Azd. 2 3

In Ibn Hisham's biography (volume 4)

The Prophet appointed Farwa ibn Musayk al-Muradi "over Murad, Zubayd and all of Madhhij", and sent Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As with him to collect the alms. Ibn Ishaq counts Murad and Zubayd among Madhhij. 4

Not covered here

The Sealed Nectar does not go beyond counting Madhhij among the branches of Kahlan. Its lineage according to al-Mas'udi is in the data of this entry.

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Madhhij is a large Yemeni tribe of Qahtan.

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Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b· Banu Zubayd· Murad

People and things also explored

Amr ibn Ma'dikarib's apostasy after the Prophet's death· The Day of al-Radm between Murad and Hamdan· Farwa ibn Musayk al-Muradi comes to the Prophet and embraces Islam· Amr ibn Ma'dikarib comes with men of Banu Zubayd· The sending of Amr ibn Hazm to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b and the Prophet's written charge to him· Khalid ibn al-Walid's mission to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b, their conversion and their delegation· Yaghūth· Abdullah ibn Qurad al-Ziyadi

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 498
  2. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.16
  3. Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari, 1/11-13
  4. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/229
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islam.museum contributors. “Madhhij”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/madhhij/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Amr ibn Ma'dikarib's apostasy after the Prophet's death

Amr ibn Ma'dikarib stayed among Banu Zubayd under Farwa ibn Musayk; when the Prophet died he apostatised and said two verses disparaging Farwa's rule, calling him Abu Umayr. He was later captured in the ridda and returned to Islam, as Ibn Hajar reports from Sayf.