Banu Abd-Shams
Banu Abd Shams refers to a clan within the Meccan tribe of Quraysh.Ancestry
The clan names itself after Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf, the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai and brother of Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf, who was the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.He married Layla bint Asad ibn Abdal-Uzza, she bore four sons, Habib, Rabi'a, Abdul-Uzza, Umayya and one daughter, Ruqayyah.Banu Rabi'ah was a branch that only had a few chiefs, they are:
1. Abu Hudhayfa Qays ibn 'Utba
2. Hind bint Utbah
3. Walid ibn Utbah
4. Utbah ibn Rabi'ah
5. Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa
6. Shaybah ibn Rabi'ahConnection with the Umayyads
The clan acts as the parent clan to Banu Umayya sub-clan, the widely known Umayyad dynasty who ruled as the second Islamic Caliphate established after Muhammad's death. Umayya was the son of Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf. In pre-Islamic Arabia, the clan's chieftain Utba ibn Rabi'ah's daughter Hind bint Utbah was married to Umayyad leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.The clan has its descendants living today in a few cities of Central and Western Arabia.Members
The following were members.
- Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, chieftain
- Abu al-Aas ibn al-Rabee, companion and son-in-law of Muhammad and Khadija. Husband of Zainab bint Muhammad.
- Walid ibn Utbah, son of Utbah
- Hind bint Utbah, daughter of Utbah
- Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, son of Utbah and companion of Muhammad
- Shaybah ibn Rabi'ah, brother of Utbah
