Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad
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There were several Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad.
Introduction

The most prominent of such
Quraish which were in turn divided into several sub-clans. The Qur'aish sub-clan of Banu Hashim was the clan of Muhammad, while their sister sub-clan, the Banu Abd-Shams
became known as his most staunch enemies.
Other tribes include various ones that were centered on different cities, for example the
Banu Utub
.
Notable are the
truce
and an agreement with Muslims not to join the opposing armies, but they broke them.
List
The list includes:
- Quraish — prominent in the city of Mecca
- Banu Kinanah— the brothers of Quraish, and they are prominent in and mostly around Mecca
- Banu al-Akhdari (Branch of quraish), They were very influential in Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Palestine, Iraq, Libya and Yemen
- Banu Kinanah
- Banu Kinanah
- Banu Hothail — The Brothers of Khuzaimah, and their neighbors in Mecca [1]
- Urwah ibn Mas'ud
- Banu Bariq — the city of Bareq
- Banu Utub — the city of Najd
- Banu Ghatafan— east of Yathrib and Khaibar
- Banu Hilal -Hejaz and Najd
- Banu Tamim — Dominant force in Central Arabia
- Banu Sa'ad
- Banu Amr — Umar and his companions stayed with them during the hijrah from Mecca
- Abu Hurairah
- Banu Abs — Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
- Banu Jumah
- Banu Kalb
- Abd al-Qays
- Banu Khuza'a— between Mecca and Badr
- Banu Hanifa — they are a branch of Banu Bakr
- Banu Lakhm
- Banu Kinanah[2]
- Banu Khazraj[3][4]
- Banu Alfageer
- Banu Alkahinan — they traced their descent from Aaron[4]
- Banu Awf
- al-Kāhinān, located in Yathrib(Medina)
- Banu Najjar[5][2]
- Ghassanidrule, then fled Medina, after expulsion by Muhammed, back to Syria
- Banu Shutayba[5][2]
See also
References
- ^ Banu Hothail
- ^ a b c d e Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Constitutional Analysis of the Constitution of Madina Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine (excerpt)
- ^ The Message Archived May 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ jewishencyclopedia.com [1]
- ^ Norman A. Stillman, The Jews of Arab lands: a history and source book, p. 117
- jewishencyclopedia.com [2]
- ^ Joseph Adler (May/June 2000), The Jewish Kingdom of Himyar (Yemen): Its Rise and Fall, Midstream, Volume XXXXVI No. 4