Banu Abs

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The Banu Abs are an ancient Bedouin tribe from Mecca. The tribal name leads to Adnan (father of Northern Arabs) and the full name is Abs ibn Bughaydh ibn Raith ibn Ghatafan ibn Sa'd ibn Qais Aeelan ibn Modhar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'd ibn Adnan. They are relatives to many tribes in Arabia and are far cousins of Quraysh, Tamim, Kinanah, etc... They still inhabit the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa. Antara ibn-Shaddad al Absi (c.525-615), was one of the seven great pre-Islamic Arab poets, author of the Divan. His father was King Shaddad of the Banu Abs and his mother was Zabiba, an Ethiopian slave.

[edit] Notable Sahaba and Muslim scholars of this tribe:

• Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
• Mohammed bin Uthman bin Abi Shaybah Al-Absi