Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf ( ar, وهب بن عبد مناف) ibn
Zuhrah ibn
Kilab ibn
Murrah, was the chief of
Banu Zuhrah
Banu Zuhrah ( ar, بنو زُهرة) is a clan of the Quraysh tribe.
Akhnas ibn Shariq al- Thaqifi and the Banu Zuhrah were with the Meccan as part of the escort that preceded the battle of Badr, but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he ...
, and the father of
Aminah bint Wahb
Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life and marriage
Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf a ...
. He was thus the grandfather of
Islamic prophet
Prophets in Islam ( ar, الأنبياء في الإسلام, translit=al-ʾAnbiyāʾ fī al-ʾIslām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and to serve as models of ideal human behaviour. Some prophets a ...
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
.
Family

Wahb's grandfather was
Zuhrah ibn Kilab
Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ( ar, زهرة بن كلاب بن مُرة) was the great-grandfather of Aminah bint Wahb, and was thus the great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan of ...
, the progenitor of the
Banu Zuhrah
Banu Zuhrah ( ar, بنو زُهرة) is a clan of the Quraysh tribe.
Akhnas ibn Shariq al- Thaqifi and the Banu Zuhrah were with the Meccan as part of the escort that preceded the battle of Badr, but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he ...
clan of the
Quraysh
The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Q ...
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
in
Mecca
Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
.
His mother Qaylah (Hind) bint Wajz Ibn Ghalib of
Banu Khuza'a
The Banū Khuzāʿah ( ar, بنو خزاعة singular ''Khuzāʿī'') is the name of an Azdite, Qaḥṭānite tribe, which is one of the main ancestral tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. They ruled Mecca for a long period, prior to the Islamic ...
.
His brother was Wuhayb ibn 'Abd Manaf.
Wahb was married to
Barrah bint Abdul Uzza
Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza ( ar, برة بنت عبد العزى) ibn Uthman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab (of the Banu Abd ad-Dar), was the maternal grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Family
The mother of Barrah was Um Habib bint Asad ...
of the
Banu Abd ad-Dar clan of the
Quraysh tribe
The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the ...
. Wahb's chief wife, Barrah bint Abdul Uzza, was a great-granddaughter of Qusayy, and his other wife was Rughaybah bint Zurarah ibn Addas, one of the eminent women of Yathrib (
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
). His son, Abdu Yaghuth, was himself a notable chief.
After Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf
When Wahb died, and possibly also his wife Barrah (for there is no other mention of her)
Ayyilah took Barra's daughters
Halah and
Aminah
Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life and marriage
Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf an ...
into her care. The widow Rughaybah chose not to accept the proposal of her husband's brother, but instead married Qays ibn Amr of the Banu Adiy ibn Najjar, returned to Yathrib, and in due course gave birth to Salmah (Umm Mundhir), and Salit. Ayyilah also had a daughter of her own of marriageable age, also called Halah.
When
Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
reached the right age his father,
Abdul-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 ...
began searching for a wife for him. One of Abdul Muttalib's cousins,
Muttalib's daughter Ayyilah, was already married into the Banu Zuhrah; her husband was Zuhrah's grandson and Wahb's brother, Wuhayb.
Abdul-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 ...
requested
Halah for himself, despite being over 70 years old. Halah's age is not known, but Aminah was about 15 when she married
Abdullah
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
. Both girls gave consent and the two marriages were organised to take place at the same time.
See also
*
Family tree of Muhammad
This family tree is about the relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad known as a family member of the family of Hashim and the Qurayshs tribe which is ‘Adnani. "The ‘arabicised or arabicising Arabs’, on the contrary, are believed to b ...
*
Barrah bint Abdul Uzza
Barrah bint Abd al-Uzza ( ar, برة بنت عبد العزى) ibn Uthman ibn Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai ibn Kilab (of the Banu Abd ad-Dar), was the maternal grandmother of Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Family
The mother of Barrah was Um Habib bint Asad ...
*
Aminah bint Wahb
Aminah bint Wahb ( ar, آمِنَة ٱبْنَت وَهْب, ', ), was a woman of the clan of Banu Zuhrah in the tribe of Quraysh, and the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life and marriage
Aminah was born to Wahb ibn Abd Manaf a ...
References
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
6th-century Arabs
Ancestors of Muhammad
Sahabah ancestors
Banu Zuhrah
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