At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Overview
A dispute between Umayya ibn Abd Shams and Hashim ibn Abd Manaf over fifty camels and over exile for ten years. In Al-Baladhuri's account it was the first enmity between them. 2
The account
Umayya tried to do what Hashim did in feeding Quraysh with the Rifada, and failed. Some people of Quraysh blamed him and mocked him. He became angry and challenged Hashim on fifty black-eyed camels to be slaughtered in Mecca, and on exile for ten years. 2
They made as their judge the Khuza'i soothsayer, who lived at Usfan, and he judged for Hashim. Hashim slaughtered the camels and fed their meat to those who were present. Umayya went out to Syria and stayed there ten years. 2
The date is approximate, about a generation before the grandfathers of the Prophet ﷺ and Mu'awiya, and no firm date is given.
Connections
- Had participant
- Hashim ibn Abd Manaf· أمية بن عبد شمس· كاهن عسفان الخزاعي
People and things also explored
The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar· Banu Hashim· Quraysh· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy· al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf· Harb ibn Umayya· Salmā bint ʿAmr
Sources
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri , p. 61-62
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri , p.61-62
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islam.museum contributors. “The munafara between Hashim and Umayya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/munafarat-hashim-umayya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.