Sufa (Banu al-Ghawth ibn Murra)

Sufa is the name of the Banu al-Ghawth ibn Murra, branches of Ilyas ibn Mudar. In the rule of Khuza'a over Mecca, they held the right of releasing the people from Arafat to Muzdalifa and of letting them depart on the day of departure from Mina. ^{1 2}

The meaning of this privilege is that people did not throw the stones on the day of departure until a man of Sufa had thrown his. Then, when people had finished throwing and wished to leave Mina, Sufa took up the two sides of the pass, and no one passed until they had gone by, and then they let the people go. ^{1 2} When Sufa died out, the privilege was inherited by Banu Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat of Tamim. ¹

When Hulayl died and Sufa did what it used to do, Qusayy came to them at the pass with those with him from Quraysh and Kinana, and said: "We have a better right to this than you." They fought him, and Qusayy overcame them and took what was in their hands. ^{3 4} See the seizure of Mecca by Qusayy and the offices of Quraysh.