Abd al-Muttalib was the Prophet ﷺ's grandfather and the chief of Quraysh in his time. He redug the well of Zamzam after it had been buried, and his wisdom and generosity made him Mecca's leader; when the Elephant came he trusted God to protect His House. He died when the Prophet was a boy of about eight.
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Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
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Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad and the greatest man in Mecca of his era, was named Shayba ibn Hashim. The sira books record that he redug the well of Zamzam after it had been buried for years and restored its water for the pilgrims, and he raised the Prophet after his mother Amina's death until the boy was about eight. He is famous for the affair of the Elephant around 570 CE, when Abraha came to demolish the Kaaba and God repelled him with flocks of birds — including his famous saying about his camels and God's House. His judgment was bound to him, and he led Quraysh by consensus until he died when the Prophet was about eight, tending Zamzam and its affairs.
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