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Overview
Gaza is a town in the land of Palestine, where Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ, died on a trading journey to Syria. His wife Salma was pregnant in Yathrib with Abd al-Muttalib. 2 3.
What is not covered here
The description and history of Gaza have not yet been written from its sources. This entry records what the introduction of "The Sealed Nectar" says.
For young visitors
Gaza is a city on the coast of Palestine. The Prophet's grandfather Hashim died there while on a trading journey.
Connections
- Place of death of
- Ahmed Yassin· Hashim ibn Abd Manaf· Isma'il al-Kurani
- Home of
- Yasser Arafat
- Site of
- Earthquake at Ramla and the sea's recession, 425
People and things also explored
The munafara between Hashim and Umayya· 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· Mahmoud Abbas
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 356
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.49
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/137
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islam.museum contributors. “Gaza”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/gaza/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.