Tribe

Banū Nawfal

بنو نوفل

Mecca · pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism

Descendants of Nawfal ibn ʿAbd Manāf. Includes notable companions such as Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim and his father Muṭʿim ibn ʿAdī (who died a non-Muslim but protected the Prophet ﷺ on his return from Ṭāʾif).

Nawfal ibn ʿAbd Manāf

Brother of Hāshim, ʿAbd Shams and al-Muṭṭalib. Founder of Banū Nawfal. Includes notable companions like Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim and Muṭʿim ibn ʿAdī (who protected the Prophet ﷺ on his return from Ṭāʾif but died as a non-Muslim).

Sources: Wikipedia and classical Islamic biographical literature compiled by automated researchers.

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