The Internal Branches of the Quraish — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 1
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding The Internal Branches of the Quraish.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: III-Makkah, the Ka’bah & the Quraish
Pages: Book pp. 110–114 (PDF pp. 134–138)
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Historical Account
In the time of the Holy Prophetsa, the Quraish had been divided into many tribes. Sometimes, they would fall into conflict as well but the misfortune of formal warfare never rose. Among these tribes, the genealogical tree of some clans and renowned
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individuals has been presented below. In the following tree, the names accompanied by the word ‘Banū’ refer to the names of individuals to which the renowned clans of the Quraish were attributed during the time of the Holy Prophetsa. Those with which this word has not been written are merely the names of prominent individuals. Names written within a lined border are the noteworthy individuals of the time of the Holy Prophetsa. The names of Muslims have been displayed in a circle and the names of the disbelievers are in a square outline. Since every name has not been shown in this tree, names written on the same line, should not be misconceived as children of the same mother and father. In fact the intention is merely to imply that they all belong to the same tribe.
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Fihr bin Mālik
Ghālib Maḥārib Ḥārith
Murrah Haṣhaṣ Banū ‘Adiyy
Ḥaḍrat ‘Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb
‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar
Sa‘īd bin Zaid Banū Jamḥ Banū Sahm
Umaiyyah bin Khalaf Ubaiyy bin Khalaf ‘Āṣ bin Wā’il
‘Amr bin Al-‘Āṣ Ṣafwān bin Umaiyyah
Al-Khalaj Lu’aiyy Taim Al-Adram
Ka‘b Abū ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrāḥ
Qusaiyy
‘Abdu Manāf Banū ‘Abdid-Dār
Naḍr bin Al-Ḥārith
‘Abdul-‘Uzzā
Banū Asad
Zubair bin Al-‘Awwām
‘Abdullāh bin Zubair
Ḥaḍrat Khadījah
Muṭṭalib
‘Ubaidah bin Al-Ḥārith
Banū Hāshim ‘Abdu Shams Banū Nawfal
‘Abdullāh
Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)
Abū Ṭālib Zubair Ḥamzah ‘Abbās
‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abbās
Abū Lahab Ḥārith
Faḍlah Asad ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib Abū Ṣaiyfī
Shaibah bin Rabī‘ah ‘Utbah bin Rabī‘ah
Abū Ḥudhaifah
Banū Umaiyyah
‘Uqbah bin Abī Mu‘īṭ Abū Sufyān
Mu‘āwiyah
Ḥaḍrat Uthmān bin ‘Affān
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In this tree, it may seem as if certain individuals have no tribes attributed to them, although they possessed notable fame among the Quraish. The reason is that it was a custom among the tribes of Arabia that until the children of one person remained in alliance and unity; they were attributed to a common forefather. However, when enmity and conflict spurred among them, divided parties disliked being attributed to the same ancestor. Instead, every tribe would identify itself with any other eminent individual under that same ancestor. It is for this very reason that we find that none of the children of Qusaiyy are attributed to him, rather, some of them became the Banū Hāshim, others the Banū Umaiyyah, still others the Banū ‘Abdid-Dār, etc., though none of them was as renowned as Qusaiyy himself.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1)
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