Banu Abd-Shams

Banu Abd Shams (Arabic: بنو عبد شمس) refers to a clan within the Meccan tribe of Quraysh.

Banu Abd Shams بنو عبد شمس
Quraysh, Adnanites, Banu Ismail
Nisba	al-ʿAbshamī
Location	Mecca, Arabia
Descended from	Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf
Parent tribe	Quraysh
Branches	Banu Umayya (tribe) Umayyads (dynasty) Banu Rabi'ah ibn Abd Shams
Religion	Paganism and later Islam

Ancestry

The clan names itself after Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf, the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai and brother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, who was the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[1] He married Layla bint Asad ibn Abdal-Uzza, she bore four sons, Habib, Rabi'a, Abd Al-Uzza, Umayya and one daughter, Ruqayyah.

Banu Rabi'ah

Banu Rabi'ah was a branch that only had a few chiefs, they are:

1. Abu Hudhayfa Qays ibn 'Utba

2. Hind bint Utbah

3. Walid ibn Utbah

4. Utbah ibn Rabi'ah

5. Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa

6. Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah

Connection with the Umayyads

The clan acts as the parent clan to Banu Umayya sub-clan, the widely known Umayyad dynasty who ruled as the second Islamic Caliphate (661–750) established after Muhammad's death.^[2][3] Umayya was the son of Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf.^[3] In pre-Islamic Arabia, the clan's chieftain Utba ibn Rabi'ah's daughter Hind bint Utbah was married to Umayyad leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.^{[citation needed]}

Modern day

The clan has its descendants living today in a few cities of Central and Western Arabia.^{[citation needed]}

Members

The following were members.^{[citation needed]}

• Uthman, the third Muslim Caliph, son-in-law & close Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad. Uthman was the direct member of Banu Abd-Shams tribe through Banu Umayya clan.
• Arwa bint Kurayz, mother of caliph Uthman, female Companion & first cousin of Muhammad.
• Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, chieftain
• Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee, companion and son-in-law of Muhammad and Khadija. Husband of Zainab bint Muhammad.
• Umamah bint Abi al-As, grand daughter of Muhammad and Khadija. Wife of fourth Muslim caliph and first shia Imam Ali
• Walid ibn Utbah, son of Utbah
• Hind bint Utbah, daughter of Utbah
• Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, son of Utbah and companion of Muhammad
• Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah, brother of Utbah

See also

• Banu Umayya
• Battle of Uhud
• Tribes of Arabia

References

1. Razvi, Haafiz Mohammed Idrees (2009). (PDF). Imam Mustafa Raza Research Centre Overport. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
2. "Banu Hashim - Before the Birth of Islam". Al-Islam.org. from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
3. . Muslim Congress. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.^{[unreliable source?]}