1. Qusay, son of Kilab:

Qusay was the fourth ancestor of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (S).

Qusay was generous and brave and he was popular because he had very good manners and treated people kindly. He became the chief of the Quraish.

Qusay took over all the responsibilities of the tribe of Quraish, like being in charge of the Ka'ba and the looking after the pilgrims as well as being the commander in the army.

Qusay died in 5 A.D. and left behind two sons, Abdud Daar and Abd Manaaf.

In his will, Qusay made his elder son, Abdud Daar, the new chief of the Quraish and left the duties connected with the Quraish to him.

After the two brothers died, their sons began to quarrel about the division of the duties. Finally, it was decided that the duties would be divided between Abd Manaaf's sons and Abdud Daar's sons.

2. Hashim, son of Abd Manaf:

Hashim was the great grandfather of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (S). He had a twin brother whose name was Abd Shams and two other brothers, Muttalib and Nawfal.

Hashim was a wise leader. He kept good relations and business agreements with the neighbouring countries and as a result the Quraish became rich and powerful. Makka itself became a centre of trade.

Hashim started a scheme, where one poor family was united with one rich one. The two families helped each other in the trading and thus both were in a better position.

Umayyah, son of Abd Shams, was jealous of the respect of his uncle Hashim.

Umayyah openly challenged his uncle for the leadership of the Quraish but he lost and the wise men of Makka forced Umayyah to leave and spend 10 years in Syria.

Ever since that day the Bani Umayyah became the enemies of the Bani Hashim.

Hashim died in Syria. He left behind 5 sons: Abdul Muttalib, Asad, Nadha, Saifi and Abusaifi. The last three had no children and Asad had only one daughter Fatimah who was the mother of Imam Ali (A).

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