Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ( ar, كَعْب ٱبْن لُؤَيّ) is an ancestor of the

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in Arabic tradition.

Ancestry

Ka'b Lu'ayy was born in c. 305, in

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and Ma'wiya bint Ka`b ibn al-Qayn ibn Jasr ibn Shay' Allah ibn Asad ibn Wabara ibn Taghlib ibn Hulwan ibn Imran ibn al-Haf ibn

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. Her (Ma'wiyah's) mother was 'Atikah bint Kahil Ibn 'Udhrah.

Family

Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy had two full brothers ('Amir and Samah); the three of them were known as the Banu Najiyah. They also had a paternal half-brother whose descendants regarded themselves as part of the Banu Ghatafan, becoming a part of them. This brother was called 'Awf ibn Lu'ayy and his mother was al-Baridah bint 'Awf ibn Ghanm ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Ghatafan. It is said that when her husband,

died, she went back with her son 'Awf to her own tribe ( Banu Ghatafan) and married Sa'd ibn Dhubyan ibn Baghid, who adopted 'Awf ibn Lu'ayy. Addressing 'Awf, Fazara ibn Dhubyan is reported to have said:

Son of Lu'ayy, turn your camel aside to me;
Your own people have abandoned you and you have
no dwelling place.

Also, Ka'b had two more paternal half-brothers. One of these was Khuzaymah, known as A'idhat Quraish after his mother, A'idhah bint al-Khims ibn Quhafah ibn Kath'am. The other was Sa'd, whose descendants were known as the Bunanah, after Sa'd's mother, Bunanah.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luayy, Kab ibn Ancestors of Muhammad 4th-century Arabs 305 births Year of death unknown

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Family

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