Zuhrah ibn Kilab

Zuhrah ibn Kilab
NationalityMeccan
Known forAncestor of Muhammad
ChildrenAbd Manaf ibn Zuhrah (son)
Parent(s)Kilab ibn Murrah (father)
Fatimah bint Sa'd (mother)
RelativesQusai ibn Kilab (brother)
Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (nephew)
Abd-al-Dar ibn Qusai (nephew)

Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah (Arabic: زُهرَة ابن كِلَاب ابن مُرَّة) was the great-grandfather of Aminah bint Wahb, and was thus the great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan[1] of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca.[2]

  1. ^ Watt, W.Montgomery (1998). The History of Al-Tabari: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors. Vol. 39. State University of New York Press, Albany. p. 107. ISBN 978-0791428207.
  2. ^ Ibn Hisham. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad. Vol. 1. p. 181.

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