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56 The Life of Muhammad
were at Mina, and his people carried out this order of his during the time
of ignorance until Islam came. To this very day it is the food which the
sultan provides every year in Mina until the pilgrimage is over.
My father Isl;1aq b. Yasar from al-I:Jasan b. Muhammad b. 'AlI b. Abu
Talib told me about this affair of Qu~ayy'sand what he said to 'Abdu'I-Dar
concerning the transfer of his power to him in these words, 'I heard him
saying this to a man of B. 'Abdu'I-Dar called Nubaih b. Wahb b. 'Amir b.
84 'Ikrima b. 'Amir b. Hashim b. 'Abdu Manaf b. 'Abdu'l-Dar b. Qu~ayy.'
al-I:Jasan said: 'Qu~ayy gave him all the authority that he had over his
people. QUllayy was never contradicted nor was any measure of his overthrown.'
THE RIFT IN QURAYSH AFTER QU~AYY AND THE
CONFEDERACY OF THE SCENTED ONES
After the death of Qu~ayy his sons assumed his authority over the people
and marked out Mecca in quarters, after he had allotted space there for his
own tribe. They allotted quarters among their people and among other
allies, and sold them. Quraysh took part in this with them without any
discord or dispute. Then the sons of 'Abdu Manaf-'Abdu Shams and
Hashim and al-Mugalib and Naufal-agreed to seize the rights that the
sons of 'Abdu'l-Dar possessed which Qu~ayy had given to 'Abdu'l-Dar
himself, namely those mentioned above. They considered that they had a
better right to them because of their superiority and their position among
their people. This caused dissension among Quraysh, one section siding
with B. 'Abdu Maniif, and the other with B. 'Abdu'l-Dar. The former
held that the new claimants had a better right; the latter that rights which
Qu~ayy h.d given to one branch should not be taken away from them.
The leader of B. 'Abdu Manaf was 'Abdu Shams, because he was the
eldest son of his father; and the leader of B. 'Abdu'I-Dar was 'Amir b.
Hashim b. 'Abdu Maniifb. 'Abdu'l-Dar. The B. Asad b. 'Abdu'l-'Uzza b.
Qu,ayy and B. Zuhra b. Kilab and B. Taym b. Murra b. Ka'b and B. al­
Harith b. Fihr b. Malik b. al-Na