Excerpts from "The Sealed Nectar"

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The family of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is called the Hashimite family after his grandfather Hashim bin 'Abd Manaf. Let us now speak a little about Hashim and his descendants:

1. Hashim: As we have previously mentioned, he was the one responsible for giving food and water to the pilgrims. This had been his charge when the sons of 'Abd Manaf and those of 'Abdud-Dar compromised on dividing the duties between them.

Hashim was wealthy and honest. He was the first to offer the pilgrims sopped bread in broth. His first name was 'Amr but he was called Hashim because he had been in the practice of crumbling bread (for the pilgrims). He was also the first man who started the two Journeys of summer and winter of the Quraish.

It has been narrated that he went to Syria as a merchant. Upon his return he went to Madinah, where he married Salma - - the daughter of 'Amr from Bani 'Adi bin An-Najjar. He stayed with her in Madinah for some time, then left for Syria again while she was pregnant. He died in Ghazzah in Palestine in 497 C.E. Later his wife gave birth to 'Abdul-Muttalib and named him Shaibah because of the white hair on his head, and brought him up in her father's house in Madinah. None of his family in Makkah learned of his birth. Hashim had four sons; Asad, Abu Saifi, Nadlah and 'Abdul-Muttalib, and five daughters Ash-Shifa, Khalidah, Da'ifah, Ruqaiyah and Jannah.

In the next parts we will know about two more great people from they family of Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam; 'Abdul-Muttalib and 'Abdullah