Kinana

كنانة

An Arab tribe; Ibn Ishaq ascribes Fatima bint Safwan (may God be pleased with her) ibn Umayya ibn Muharrith to it as 'al-Kinaniyya'.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Summary

An Arab tribe. Ibn Ishaq names "Fatima bint Safwan ibn Umayya (may God be pleased with him) ibn Muharrith" as belonging to it, calling her "al-Kinaniyya". 1 2

Of this tribe in the chapter on the emigration to Abyssinia

In the introduction to al-Raheeq al-Makhtum

Kinana ibn Khuzayma is one of the clans of Ilyas ibn Mudar, and from Kinana came Quraysh, the descendants of Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr ibn Kinana 3 4. The clans of Kinana remained in Tihama when the sons of Adnan scattered 5. The postponement (nasi') of the sacred months belonged to Banu Tamim ibn Adi of Banu Kinana 6 7. Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manaf ibn Kinana helped Khuza'a drive out Jurhum, and then fought with Khuza'a against Qusayy 8 9. The author cites the hadith in Muslim: God chose Kinana from the descendants of Isma'il, and from Banu Kinana, Quraysh 3 10.

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Has member
Al-Harith ibn Malik ibn al-Barsa' al-Laythi· Fatima bint Safwan· Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi· Muhallim ibn Jaththama al-Laythi
Has part
Banu Bakr ibn Abd Manat

People and things also explored

Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi's raid on Banu al-Mulawwah at al-Kudayd· The Bakr–Khuza'a clash at al-Watir· Ghalib ibn Abdullah's raid on the land of Banu Murra and the killing of Mirdas ibn Nahik· Ibn Abi Hadrad's raid on Batn Idam and the killing of Amir ibn al-Adbat· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu al-Dil· Khuza'a· Quraysh

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/4
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
  3. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.21
  4. Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari , 1/14-15
  5. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.22
  6. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.29
  7. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/119-122
  8. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.28
  9. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.30
  10. Sahih Muslim , 2/245
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Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi's raid on Banu al-Mulawwah at al-Kudayd

The Prophet sent Ghalib ibn Abdullah al-Laythi with a detachment to raid Banu al-Mulawwah at al-Kudayd; Jundab ibn Makith al-Juhani, who was in it, tells it: at Qudayd they seized al-Harith ibn Malik ibn al-Barsa' al-Laythi, who claimed he was going to embrace Islam, and bound him; Jundab served as lookout on a hill and a man of the camp shot him with two arrows, but he kept still; before dawn they raided, killed and drove off the herds, and when the pursuers reached Wadi Qudayd God sent a flood without a cloud that cut them off. The Muslims' watchword that night was 'amit, amit'.