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The Quraysh or Qureshi (Arabic: قُرَيْشٍ) is an Arab tribe that inhabited and used to control Mecca and the Kaaba. Comprising ten main clans, it includes the Hashim clan into which the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born.
The Migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijrah (Arabic: هِجْرَة hijrah), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Muhammad's first followers (the Sahabah) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca.
[6] [7] Banu Hashim is one of the clans of the Quraysh tribe, [8] and is an Adnanite tribe. It derives its name from Hashim ibn Abd Manaf , the great-grandfather of Muhammad , and along with the Banu Abd-Shams , Banu Al-Muttalib, and Banu Nawfal clans comprises the Banu Abd al-Manaf section of the Quraysh.
The tradition of covering the Kaaba predates the emergence of Islam, with various Yemeni textiles composing the draping. [3] According to Ibn Hisham, King Tubba Abu Karib As'ad of the Himyarite Kingdom, who would later become a revered figure in Islamic traditions, clothed Kaaba for the first time during the rule of the Jurhum tribe of Mecca in the early fifth century CE after learning about ...
Mecca has been referred to by many names. As with many Arabic words, its etymology is obscure. [24] Widely believed to be a synonym for Makkah, it is said to be more specifically the early name for the valley located therein, while Muslim scholars generally use it to refer to the sacred area of the city that immediately surrounds and includes the Ka'bah.
Isaf and Na'ila are a pair of deities, a god and a goddess, whose cult was centered near the Well of Zamzam. Islamic tradition gave an origin story to their cult images; a couple who were petrified by Allah as they fornicated inside the Kaaba. Attested: Al-Jalsad Al-Jalsad is a god worshipped by the Kindah in Hadhramawt. Attested: Jihar
Medina lay 200 miles north of Mecca, on the caravan way to Syria. After Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina, they frequently launched raids on passing Meccan caravans. When a caravan belonging to Abu Sufyan ibn Harb , the leader of the Banu Umayya, was attacked near Medina, the Quraysh decided to launch an assault on the Muslims.
The Abyssinian attack against Mecca in the year 570 CE, the Year of the Elephant. [6] 106: Quraish: قُرَيْش Q̈urayš: The Quraysh: 4 (1/3) Makkah: 29: 4: v. 1 [6] The Quraysh, custodians of the Kaaba, should be thankful to God for protecting them from hunger and danger. [10] 107: Al-Maa'oon: ٱلْمَاعُون al-Maʿūn