Care for orphans, the poor, the sick and the traveller

Family: Charity and humane work · 3 entries

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• Banu Hashim

  The Prophet's own clan within Quraysh — divided over his mission yet bound to him by blood, sheltering him through the boycott whether they believed or not.

Person

• Hisham ibn Amr al-Amiri

  A prominent Qurayshi notable of Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy who secretly supplied food to Banu Hashim during the boycott and initiated the effort of the five notables to tear up the unjust charter.

• Mut'im ibn Adi

  A prominent chief of Banu Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf who took part in tearing up the boycott charter and later granted the Prophet protection (jiwar) upon his return from al-Ta'if.

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