Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf
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Muttalib ibn Abd al-Manaf (Arabic: مطلب ابن عبدالمناف) was one of the ancestors of the Sahaba (Muhammad's companions).
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[edit] History
His father was Abd Manaf ibn Qusai.
Muttalib was the younger brother of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (the great grandfather of Muhammad). Muttalib succeeded his brother Hashim and took care of his nephew Shaiba ibn Hashim, who became known as "Abd al-Muttalib" (servant of Muttalib) after that. When Muttalib died, Abd al-Muttalib succeeded him.
He is the progenitor of Banu Muttalib.
[edit] Further reading
- Geraldine de Gaury, Rulers of Mecca
[edit] See also
- Family tree of Muttalib ibn Abd al-Manaf
- Sahaba