Abd al-Muttalib (497–579)

Born 497 CE, died 579 CE.

Shayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic: شيبة بن هاشم; c. 496-578), better known as Abd al-Muttalib, (Arabic: عبد المطلب, lit. 'Servant of Muttalib') was the grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a prominent leader of the Quraysh. He was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (the ancestor of the Banu Hashim clan), and the father of Abdullah (the father of Muhammad) as well as Abu Talib (the father of Ali). Abd al-Muttalib is traditionally regarded as an important figure in pre-Islamic Mecca, associated with the guardianship of the Kaaba and the rediscovery of the Zamzam well. He died in Mecca several years before Muhammad's migration to Medina.

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