Banu Zuhrah Explained

Banu Zuhrah (Arabic: بنو زهرة)
Type:	Quraysh, Adnanites
Location:	Arabia
Descended:	Zuhrah ibn Kilab
Religion:	Paganism (before 620s) and later Islam

Banu Zuhrah (Arabic: 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 did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr. He together with Banu Zuhrah returned, so these two clans present in the battle ^[1]

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Notable members

• Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, an early convert to Islam and one of the important companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[2]
• Aminah bint Wahb, mother of Muhammad's.
• Wahb ibn 'Abd Manaf, grandfather of Muhammad.
• Abd-al-Rahman ibn Awf,^[3] a companion of Muhammad.
• Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri, a 12th-century Andalusian geographer.
• Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, an 8th-century biographer of Muhammad.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shaw University Mosque -Islam, Mosques & NC Muslims eCommunity . 2006-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140630115115/http://www.shawuniversitymosque.org/m/faq_qanda.php?id=94 . 2014-06-30 . dead .
2. http://www.al-islam.org/real/33.htm Shi'a Real Ahl al-Sunnah
3. Book: Jafri, S. H.. The Origins and Early Development of Shi`a Islam. 58–79. Stacey Publishing. 2007.