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Banū Zuhra

بنو زهرة
Mecca

Descendants of Zuhra ibn Kilāb, brother of Quṣayy (and uncle of all the other Quraysh clan founders). Most famously the maternal clan of the Prophet ﷺ — his mother Āmina bint Wahb was from Banū Zuhra. Also the clan of Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ, one of the ten promised Paradise.

Wahb ibn ʿAbd Manāf al-Zuhrī

Maternal grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ — father of Āmina bint Wahb. Chief of Banū Zuhra in his time.

Zuhra ibn Kilāb

Brother of Quṣayy ibn Kilāb. Founder of Banū Zuhra. Maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ.

Āmina bint Wahb

Mother of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Married Abdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib c. 569 CE. Her husband died on a trade journey to Yathrib before the Prophet ﷺ was born. She raised the Prophet ﷺ as a young child but died at al-Abwāʾ on the way back from a visit to her late husband's family in Yathrib, when the Prophet was 6 years old. He visited her grave decades later in 6 AH and wept.

ʿAbd Manāf ibn Zuhra

Maternal great-great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ via his mother Āmina. NOT to be confused with ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy, the paternal great-great-grandfather.

Quick facts

RegionMecca
Parent tribeQuraysh
Members4
Sources: Wikipedia and classical Islamic biographical literature compiled by automated researchers.
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