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Saints and Tombs of Mecca

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The atlas holds 8 sourced records for Mecca; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 5 Ahl al-Bayt · 3 Companions.

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Records in Mecca

Companion

Asma bint Abi Bakr

may Allah be pleased with her

Asma bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq was a female Companion: daughter of the first caliph Abu Bakr, elder sister of Aisha, wife of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and mother of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr. She is known as "Dhat al-Nitaqayn" (she of the two belts) because she split her belt in two to fasten provisions during the Hijra. She died at an advanced age in Mecca a few days after her son Abdullah was killed on 14 Jumada al-Awwal 73 AH (1 October 692), reputedly the last of the female Muhajirun to die; her grave is in Jannat al-Mu'alla. In keeping with Saudi practice, individual graves in the cemetery are unmarked.

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Companion

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr

may Allah be pleased with him

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, son of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abi Bakr and nephew of Aisha, was among the foremost young Companions and is regarded as the first child born to the Muhajirun in Medina after the Hijra. He established a Mecca-based caliphate opposing the Umayyads and was killed fighting valiantly on 14 Jumada al-Awwal 73 AH (1 October 692) during the siege of Mecca by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. After his body was displayed for a time, burial was permitted at the request of his mother Asma, and his grave is in the Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery in Mecca. In keeping with Saudi policy, individual graves in the cemetery are unmarked.

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Prophet's Family

Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad

Son of the Prophet

The Prophet's eldest son from Khadija; died young. The kunya "Abu al-Qasim" derives from him. Buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla (unmarked).

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Prophet's Family

Abdullah ibn Muhammad

Son of the Prophet

The Prophet's younger son from Khadija, called al-Tayyib and al-Tahir; died young. Buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla (unmarked).

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Prophet's Family

Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim

Grandfather of the Prophet

The grandfather of the Prophet; the chief of Quraysh and the man who brought Zamzam to light again. His original name was Shayba . His father was Hâshim and his mother Salmâ of the Banu'l-Najjâr. He was born at Medina and remained with his mother until the age of eight; then his uncle Muttalib brought him to Mecca. The Meccans, seeing the boy in a modest guise, called him 'Abd al-Muttalib , that is, the servant of Muttalib, and the name remained with him. His uncle Muttalib raised him and left the leadership of the tribe to him before his death. Following a dream he saw, he found the well of Zamzam , which the Jurhum had closed up beside the Ka'ba; and he kept his right over it despite the objection of Quraysh. In this way the siqâya , the giving of water to the pilgrims, passed to him. In the years when he suffered for want of male children he vowed that if he were given ten sons he would sacrifice one of them. When this came about the lot fell on his son 'Abdullâh; he ransomed him with 100 camels. He negotiated with Abraha when the latter came to destroy the Ka'ba. He was known for his truthfulness and justice. Towards the end of his life he gave up the worship of idols and the drinking of wine, and forbade circumambulating the Ka'ba naked; he believed in the one God and in the hereafter. According to the common report he died at Mecca at the age of eighty-two (577). At his death the city mourned for days, the shops were closed, and elegies were composed for him. His Circle of Influence — He had ten sons by five wives, among whom are named 'Abdullâh , the father of the Prophet, and 'Abbâs . He showed the care that was due to his grandson Muhammad, orphaned by the death of his father 'Abdullâh; and he entrusted his keeping after himself to his son Abû Tâlib . His Tomb and Complex — He was buried in the Hajûn cemetery at Mecca, beside his ancestor Qusayy.

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Prophet's Family

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Uncle and protector of the Prophet

The paternal uncle and protector of the Prophet; the chief of the clan of Hâshim. His full name was Abû Tâlib 'Abd Manâf b. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Hâshim al-Qurashî al-Hâshimî . His father 'Abd al-Muttalib entrusted to him the care and protection of his grandson Muhammad, then eight years old. The chieftaincy of the Banû Hâshim remained in his charge until his death; he did what he could for his nephew's upbringing. On a trading journey to Syria the monk Bahîrâ told Abû Tâlib that his nephew was the prophet promised in the Gospel ; upon this he returned to Mecca. When the Prophet began to preach openly, Abû Tâlib stood against the polytheist Quraysh; he said that he would never surrender him to them, and called upon the sons of Hâshim and Muttalib for support. During the boycott the family was obliged to live for a long time in hardship around the quarter of Abû Tâlib. At the time of his death the Prophet asked his uncle at least to pronounce the profession of faith; Abû Tâlib did not accept, saying that the polytheists might mock him for it. He died in 619-620 at Mecca. Since this came about a month after the death of Khadîja, that year was called the year of sorrow . His Poetry and Sufi Line — He is known as a Meccan poet. His Lâmiyya ode, composed to protect the Prophet against Quraysh, consists of ninety-four couplets.

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Prophet's Family

Qusayy ibn Kilab

Ancestor of the Quraysh

The chief who gathered Quraysh at Mecca and united the services of the Ka'ba in his own hand; the fourth ancestor of the Prophet on the father's side. His original name was Zayd . The epithet Qusayy , from the root qasw meaning to be far off, was given to him because he grew up in a distant land. After returning to Mecca he married Hubbâ, the daughter of Hulayl b. Hubshiyya of the tribe of Khuzâ'a, and took over the services of the Ka'ba from his father-in-law. With the help of the tribes of Kinâna and Qudâ'a he assumed the government of Mecca. Because he brought together in Mecca the scattered branches of Quraysh he was called al-Mujammi' , the gatherer. In the year 440 he founded the Dâr al-Nadwa , the assembly place where the Meccans deliberated on their common affairs. He gathered into his own charge the chief offices connected with the Ka'ba and the pilgrimage: the qiyâda (command of the army), the liwâ (bearing of the standard), the hijâba (keeping the key of the Ka'ba), the nadwa (presidency of the council), the siqâya (giving water to the pilgrims) and the rifâda (feeding the pilgrims). His children were 'Abd al-Dâr, 'Abd Manâf, 'Abd al-'Uzzâ, 'Abd Qusayy and his daughter Hind; the lineage of the Prophet reaches him by way of his son 'Abd Manâf. He died around the year 480. His Circle of Influence — The order he established at Mecca continued in the form of the sharing out of the offices of the Ka'ba and of the government of the city among the branches of Quraysh from generation to generation; the Dâr al-Nadwa remained the decision-making centre of the city until the rise of Islam. His Tomb and Complex — He was buried in the Hajûn cemetery at Mecca and his grave became a place of visitation.

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Companion

Khadija bint Khuwaylid

First believer, Mother of the Believers

The first wife of the Prophet and one of the first Muslims ; she was the first person to support Islam with her wealth and her trust. She was born in 556 at Mecca. Her father Khuwaylid b. Asad was among the notables of Quraysh; her mother was Fâtima bint Zâ'ida. Both lines join the Prophet's lineage through Qusayy and Lu'ayy b. Ghâlib. Before Islam she was called Tâhira (the pure) for her virtue. Before the Prophet she had two marriages: first to Abû Hâla Hind b. Zurâra, then to 'Atîq b. 'Âbid al-Makhzûmî. After her second husband's death she formed trading partnerships with people she trusted; she made her proposal to the Prophet upon what she had heard of his integrity and character. When they married she was forty and the Prophet about twenty-five. The dower was 500 dirhams (in one report 400), or according to some sources twenty camels. The marriage was contracted through the negotiation of her uncle 'Amr b. Asad with Abû Tâlib. When the Prophet returned trembling from Hira after his encounter with Gabriel, it was Khadîja who reassured him: she said, "By God, God will never disgrace you" , and enumerated his care for his kin, his truthfulness and his help to the needy. She then took him to her cousin Waraqa b. Nawfal , a Christian scholar, who confirmed that the one who had come was Gabriel and that he was a prophet. Khadîja thereupon said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of God." She is one of the first three Muslims, together with the Prophet and 'Alî b. Abî Tâlib. During the roughly three years (617-620) in which Quraysh besieged the Muslims in the quarter of Abû Tâlib she endured the hardship alongside him and spent her wealth for the cause of Islam. Her children were: Qâsim (who lived only two years; the Prophet took the kunya Abû'l-Qâsim from him), Zaynab , Ruqayya , Umm Kulthûm and Fâtima ; also Tayyib and Tâhir, who died before the prophetic mission — some sources count these two as the same child. She died on 10 Ramadan (19 April 620), about three years before the emigration. About a month after her death the Prophet's uncle Abû Tâlib also died; that year came to be called the year of sorrow (senetü'l-hüzn). Her Circle of Influence — The Prophet took no other wife during her lifetime, and after her death he never forgot her. The source relates that Gabriel brought her greetings from God and from himself and gave her the good tidings of a palace of pearl in Paradise. The Prophet's words about her are summed up thus: she believed when people disbelieved; she confirmed him when people denied him; she supported him with her wealth when no one gave; and God granted him children through her. It is related that when her sister Hâla asked leave to enter, the Prophet was moved because her voice resembled Khadîja's. Her Tomb and Complex — She was buried in the Hajûn cemetery (later known as Jannat al-Mu'allâ ). The shrine erected over her grave by Süleyman the Magnificent was demolished in 1926, when Mecca came under Saudi administration.

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Saints and Tombs of Mecca

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Records in Mecca

Asma bint Abi Bakr

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr

Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad

Abdullah ibn Muhammad

Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Qusayy ibn Kilab

Khadija bint Khuwaylid

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