At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
Arabian polytheism (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, whose name was Amr, and after whom the Prophet's family is called the Hashimite family. He took charge of the siqaya and the rifada when the Banu Abd Manaf and the Banu Abd al-Dar reconciled by dividing the offices between them. He was wealthy and of great standing. He was the first to serve tharid, a dish of bread and broth, to the pilgrims in Mecca, and the first to establish the two journeys of winter and summer for Quraysh 1 2 3.
His name
His name was Amr. He was called Hashim only because he crumbled bread into tharid for his people. A poet in the book says that Amr crumbled the bread for his people, at a time when the people of Mecca were in a lean and hungry year 2.
The siqaya and the rifada
When the Banu Abd Manaf and the Banu Abd al-Dar divided the offices, the Banu Abd Manaf resorted to casting lots, and the siqaya and the rifada fell to Hashim, who held them for the rest of his life 1 4. See The division of the offices and The offices of Quraysh.
The two journeys
He was the first to establish the two journeys for Quraysh, the journey of winter and the journey of summer, as the poet quoted by the author mentions 2.
Marriage in Yathrib and death at Gaza
Hashim went to the Levant as a merchant. When he came to Medina he married Salma bint Amr, of the Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar, and stayed with her. Then he set out again for the Levant while she was with her own family, pregnant with Abd al-Muttalib. Hashim died at Gaza in the land of Palestine 2 5 6. Salma bore Abd al-Muttalib in 497 CE, and named him Shayba because of the white in his hair. She raised him in her father's house in Yathrib, and no one in his family in Mecca was aware of him 2.
His children
On lineage
Notes for researchers
The date of 497 CE for the birth of Abd al-Muttalib is the author's dating, taken from Rahma lil-Alamin. It has no second source.
For young visitors
Hashim was the great ancestor of the Prophet, after whom his clan Banu Hashim is named. He fed the pilgrims tharid, and he died in Gaza before his son Abd al-Muttalib was born.
Connections
- Parent of
- Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
- Sibling of
- al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf
- Died in
- Gaza
- Spouse of
- Salmā bint ʿAmr
- Child of
- Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
- Member of
- Banu Hashim· Quraysh
- Participated in
- The munafara between Hashim and Umayya· The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar
People and things also explored
Quraysh· Banu Hashim· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy· Mecca· Abu Lahab· Nawfal ibn ʿAbd Manāf· The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.31
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.49
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/129-137
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/129-132
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/137
- Rahma lil-Alamin — al-Mansur Furi , 2/24
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/107
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.21
- Sahih Muslim , 2/245
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.48
- Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hashim ibn Abd Manaf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hashim-ibn-abd-manaf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.