Banu Hanifa

Banu Hanifa
بنو حنيفة
Banu Hanifa; بنو حنيفة
Rabi'aite Arab tribe
Nisba	Al-Hanafi
Location	Ancient Arabia
Descended from	Hanifa bin Lujaim bin Saab bin Ali bin Bakr bin Wael
Parent tribe	Banu Bakr
Branches	Banu Al-Du'ul; Banu 'Adi; Banu 'Amer;
Religion	Christianity (pre-630) ; Islam (post 630)

Banu Hanifa (Arabic: بنو حنيفة) is an ancient Arab tribe inhabiting the area of al-Yamama in the central region of modern-day Saudi Arabia.^[1] The tribe belongs to the great Rabi'ah branch of North Arabian tribes, which also included Abdul Qays, Taghlib, al-Nammir ibn Qasit, and Anazzah. Though counted by the classical Arab genealogists as a Christian^[2]^[3] branch of Bani Bakr, they led an independent existence prior to Islam.^[4] The ruling House of Saud of Saudi Arabia belongs to it.^[5]

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