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EARLY LIFE His father was Hashim Ibn Abd Al-Manaf and his mother was Salma Bint Amr from the tribe of an-Najjar in Yathrib . On his fathers side he belonged to the distinguished Banu Hashim Clan , a subgroup of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca which traced their Geneology to Ismail and Ibrahim . In 497 his father passed away while doing business in Gaza , Palestine before he was born. He was given the name "''Shaiba''", meaning ''old man'' in , the governor of Ethiopia in Yemen. ZAMZAM Hundreds of years ago, Zamzam was filled up and nobody knew its location. One day, `Abdu'l-Muttalib had a series of four dreams directing him to Zamzam's location. `Abdu'l-Muttalib, with his eldest son, Harith Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib , dug the location where Zamzam is today, finding water after four days of effort. At this success, the Quraish argued that since the well was the property of Ismail , it belonged to the whole tribe. `Abdu'l-Muttalib rejected their claim, saying that it was given to him by Allah . They agreed to present their case to a wise woman of the tribe of Sa'd in Syria . During trip, `Abdu'l-Muttalib's water reserves were depleated and his group suffering from thirst. The leaders of the other parties refused to give them water and `Abdu'l-Muttalib advised his group to dig graves, so that when someone died others could bury him. The next day, `Abdu'l-Muttalib exhorted his companions that it was cowardice to succumb to death. He mounted his camel and its foot hit the earth producing a stream of water. The different caravans drank from the fountain and said: "''Allah has decided between you and us. By Allah, we will never dispute with you about Zamzam. The same Allah who has created this fountain here in this desert for you has given Zamzam to you''." THE YEAR OF THE ELEPHANT The Ethiopian governor of Yemen , Abraha al-Ashram, envied the Kaaba's reverence among the Arabs and, being a Christian , he built a cathedral in Sanaa and ordered pilgrimage be made there. The order was ignored and someone desecrated the cathedral. Abraha decided to avenge this act by demolishing the Kaaba and he advanced with an army towards Mecca. There were many elephants in Abraha's army and the year came to be known as '''Amul-Fil'' ( Year Of The Elephant ), beginning a trend for reckoning the years in Arabia which was used until Umar ibn al Khattab replaced it with the Hijrah Calendar . When news of the advance of Abraha's army came, the Arab tribes of Quraish, Kinanah , Khuza'ah and Hudhayl united in defense of the Kaaba. A man from the Himyar tribe was sent by Abraha to advise them that Abraha only wished to demolish the Kaaba and if they resisted, they would be crushed. `Abdu'l-Muttalib told the Meccans to seek refuge in the hills while he with some leading members of Quraish, remained within the precincts of the Kaaba. Abraha sent a dispatch inviting `Abdu'l-Muttalib to meet with Abraha and discuss matters. When `Abdu'l-Muttalib left the meeting he was heard saying, "''The Owner of this House is its Defender, and I am sure He will save it from the attack of the adversaries and will not dishonor the servants of His House''." It is recorded that when the Abraha's forces neared the Kaaba the soldiers of Allah appeared in the form of a dark cloud of small birds who destroyed Abrah's army with raining pebbles from their beaks. Abraha was seriously wounded and he retreated towards Yemen but died on the way. This event is referred to in the Qur'an , chapter 105 Al-Fil : ''Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the companions of the Elephant? Did He not make their treacherous plan go astray? And He sent against them birds in flocks, striking them with stones of baked clay, so He rendered them like straw eaten up.'' (Qur'an, 105) This conflict occurred in 570 , the same year the Prophet Muhammad was born. DESCENDANTS OF SHAIBA IBN HASHIM Shaiba ibn Hashim married Fatimah Bint Amr , and fathered many sons: # Hamza Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Abu Talib Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Abbas Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Harith Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Abdallah Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Al-Zubair Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib # Abu Lahab Abdallah Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib and Aminah Bint Wahab were the parents of the Prophet Muhammad (570 - 632). Abdallah died four months before Muhammad's birth, and Aminah Bint Wahab was taken care of by Shaiba. Aminah also passed away five years later and Shaiba ibn Hashim died in 578 when Muhammad was eight. He was then taken care of by his uncle Abu Talib Ibn Abdul Muttalib , a prominent Quraysh chief and custodian of the Kaaba . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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