al-Muqawwim ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Al-Muqawwim ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an uncle of the Prophet and one of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim whom al-Mubarakfuri's "Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum" counts in its section on the Prophet's family. ¹

Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum counts ten sons for Abd al-Muttalib: al-Harith, al-Zubayr, Abu Talib, Abd Allah, Hamza, Abu Lahab, al-Ghaydaq, al-Muqawwim, Dirar and al-Abbas. It mentions other views that make them eleven by adding Qutham, or thirteen by adding Abd al-Ka'ba and Hajl. ^{1 2 3}. He is thus a brother of Abd Allah, the Prophet's father. ¹

The book mentions a view that the sons of Abd al-Muttalib were thirteen, with Abd al-Ka'ba and Hajl added, and another view that Abd al-Ka'ba is al-Muqawwim himself, so they are not two men. ^{1 2}

Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum says nothing here of his life, his religion or his death. Only what the book says is recorded here; what the biographical and genealogical books say needs a source to be read and quoted.