Banu Makhzum

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Banu Makhzum, a clan of Quraysh by their line 'Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murra ibn Ka'b'; Ibn Ishaq brings them in the lists of the Abyssinia emigrants.

Banu Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murra ibn Ka'b, a clan of Quraysh; Ibn Ishaq brings them by their line in the lists of the Abyssinia emigrants, counting among them in that chapter Habbar ibn Sufyan (may God be pleased with him), Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi (may God be pleased with him) and Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa (may God be pleased with him) of the rest of the emigrants.

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Banu Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murra ibn Ka'b, a clan of Quraysh; Ibn Ishaq brings this clan in the lists of the Abyssinia emigrants by its line 'Makhzum ibn Yaqza ibn Murra ibn Ka'b', counting of it in that chapter Habbar ibn Sufyan (may God be pleased with him), Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi (may God be pleased with him) and Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa (may God be pleased with him) among the rest of the emigrants.

Summary

Ibn Ishaq gives this clan in the lists of the Abyssinian emigrants by its lineage: "Makhzum ibn Yaqaza ibn Murra ibn Ka'b". ¹ ²

Of this clan in the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

From the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants:

Abyssinian emigrant women:

Umm Salama bint Abi Umayya ²

Those born in the land of Abyssinia:

Zaynab bint Abi Salama ²

In the chapter on the Prophet's family in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum (p. 52)

From this clan came Fatima bint Amr ibn A'idh ibn Imran ibn Makhzum ibn Yaqaza ibn Murra, mother of Abdullah, the Prophet ﷺ's father. So Banu Makhzum were Abdullah's maternal uncles ³ ⁴. When Abd al-Muttalib brought his son to the Ka'ba to sacrifice him in fulfilment of a vow, Quraysh stopped him, especially his maternal uncles from Banu Makhzum, and his brother Abu Talib (the vow of Abd al-Muttalib and the lot) ³ ⁵.

Among the allies at Hilf al-Fudul (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 60)

Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum counts this clan among the "allies" against whom a man of Zubayd (al-Zubaydi) sought redress when al-As ibn Wa'il withheld his right. They were Abd al-Dar, Makhzum, Jumah, Sahm and Adi, and they paid him no heed. That was the cause of the Pact of al-Fudul, which Banu Hashim, Banu al-Muttalib, Asad, Zuhra and Taym formed ⁶ ⁷.

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Sources

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/7

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/10

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.52

Talqih Fuhum Ahl al-Athr — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.8-9

al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/151-155

al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.60

Mukhtasar Sirat al-Rasul — al-Najdi , p.30-31

At a glance

Summary

Of this clan in the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

In the chapter on the Prophet's family in al-Raheeq al-Makhtum (p. 52)

Among the allies at Hilf al-Fudul (al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, p. 60)

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