Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib ( ar, الزبير بن عبد المطلب, al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib), was the son of

Abd al-Muttalib Shayba ibn Hāshim ( ar, شَيْبَة بْن هَاشِم; 497–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, ( ar, عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب , lit=Servant of Muttalib) was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was ...

and

Fatima bint Amr Fāṭima bint ʿAmr ( ar, فاطمة بنت عمرو; died 576) was the grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tri ...

, hence an uncle of

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. He was full brother to Abu Talib and to Muhammad's father

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He married Atika bint Abi Wahb of the

Makhzum The Banu Makhzum () was one of the wealthy clans of the Quraysh. They are regarded as being among the three most powerful and influential clans in Mecca before the advent of Islam, the other two being the Banu Hashim (the tribe of the Islamic proph ...

clan, and they had four daughters and one son. #Duba'a, who married

Miqdad ibn Aswad Miqdaad ibn Amr al-Bahrani ( ar, المقداد بن عمرو ٱلْبَهْرَانِيّ, '), better known as al-Miqdaad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi ( ar, المقداد بن الأسود ٱلْكِنْدِيّ) or simply Miqdaad, was one of the Sah ...

and had Abd Allah ibn Miqdad and Karima bint Miqdad. #Umm al-Hakam (or Umm Hakim), who married

Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith ( ar, ربيعة بن الحارث)Other transliterations include "Rabah ibn al-Harith" (c.566-c.640) was a first cousin and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Family He was a son of Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib ...

and had nine children. #Safiya. #Umm al-Zubayr. #Abd Allah. After the death of his eldest half-brother, Al-Harith, Al-Zubayr was next in line. With his brother Abu Talib, he took responsibility for the family obligation to provide food and drink for the pilgrims. He also shared joint guardianship of the young Muhammad. It is said that he took Muhammad on a journey to Yemen c.584. A tradition that Ibn Kathir calls "weak" states that he died c.585. This is contradicted by several traditions that indicate that he was still alive many years later. Al-Zubayr was the founder of the

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known as the Hilf al-Fudul. This was a movement formed in Mecca in May 591 (soon after the end of the

Sacrilegious War Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects ...

) for the suppression of violence and injustice. He is supposed to have said about the pact: :I swore, "Let’s make a pact against them, though we're all members of one tribe. We'll call it ''al-Fudul''; if we make a pact by it, the stranger could overcome those under local protection, and those who go around the

Kaaba The Kaaba (, ), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah ( ar, ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit=Honored Ka'bah, links=no, translit=al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah), is a building at the c ...

will know that we reject injustice and will prevent all things shameful ... ''Al-Fudul'' made a pact and alliance that no evildoer shall dwell in Mecca's heart. This was a matter they firmly agreed; and so the protected neighbour and the unprotected stranger are safe among them." Al-Zubayr was among the many Quraysh who participated in the rebuilding of the Kaaba in 605. At first they were afraid to commence, for a large snake took up residence in the sanctuary. One day an eagle carried off the snake, leaving the builders free to work. Al-Zubayr, very impressed by this, composed a poem describing how "''down came the eagle, deadly straight in its swoop; it bore it away ...''"Ibn Ishaq/Guillaume pp. 84-87.

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