0011 Anak-anak Abdul Muttalib bin Hasyim

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Mengikut sumber sahih dan riwayat, kebanyakkan pembesar Quraisy mempunyai lebih dari seorang isteri. Abdul Muttalib juga mempunyai beberapa orang isteri. Hasil perkahwinannya dengan beberapa orang isteri beliau itu, Dia dikurniakan oleh Allah swt dengan 16 orang anak. 10 lelaki dan 6 perempuan.


Anak-anak lelaki beliau adalah al-Harith, as-Zubair, Dhirar, Muqawwim, Abdul Manaf (Abu Talib), Abdul Uzza (Abu Lahab), Abbas, Hamzah, Abdullah dan seorang lagi yang tidak diketahui namanya, berkemungkinan namanya Abbad.


Manakala anak-anak perempuannya adalah seperti berikut, Baidha', Umaimah, Urwah, Atikah, Birrah, dan Safiyyah. Kesemua anak-anak perempuan Abdul Muttalib telah menjadi isteri-isteri kepada pembesar-pembesar Quraisy yang ternama.


Di bawah ini akan di ceritakan serba sedikit tentang anak-anak Abdul Muttalib yang kurang terkenal.


Al-Harith bin Abdul Muttalib
Merupakan anak yang sulung kepada Abdul Muttalib. Mengikut adat orang Arab mereka akan menggelarkan atau Mengkuniyyahkan (kuniyyah bahasa arab) ayah mereka berdasarkan nama anak mereka yang sulung. Jadi gelaran untuk Abdul Muttalib adalah Abu al-Harith (bapa kepada al-Harith).


Al-Harith adalah orang yang bersama-sama menggali telaga Zam-zam bersama ayahnya kerana ketika itu hanya dia seorang anak Abdul Muttalib yang ada.


Al-Harith mempunyai beberapa orang anak antaranya adalah al-Mughirah yang terkenal dengan nama Abu Sufyan, kedua bernama Naufal dan ketiga adalah Abdullah.




Az-Zubair bin Abdul Muttalib
Beliau adalah anak kedua, seorang yang sangat gagah dan berani sehingga dilantik sebagai panglima perang memimpin Bani Hasyim didalam peperangan al-Fijar,diantara kabilah Quraisy dan Hawazin, dimana Rasulullah juga turut serta dalam peperangan itu sebagai pengutip anak panah. (kita akan ceritakan secara terperinci dalam tajuk peperangan fijar nanti)


Baidha' binti Abdul Muttalib
Baidha' adalah nenek kepada Sayyidina Uthman bin Affan. ini kerana ibu Sayyidina Uthman adalah anak kepada Baidha'. Suaminya adalah Kuraiz bin Rabiah bin Abd Syams bin Abd Manaf.


Safiyyah binti Abdul Muttalib
Safiyyah bersaudara seibu dan sebapa dengan Hamzah. kerana ibu mereka adalah sama iaitu Halah binti Uhaib bin Abdul Manaf bin Zuhrah bin Kilab. Suaminya iaitu saudara Abu Sufyan bin Harb, yang bernama al-Harith bin Harb bin Umayyah telah meninggal dunia sebelum sempat dia melihat cahaya mata pertama.


Kemudian berkahwin pula dengan al-Awwam bin Khuwailid iaitu saudara lelaki kepada Siti Khadijah binti Khuwailid, dia dikurnikan 2 orang anak dari hasil perkahwinan ini iaitu Az-Zubair dan as-Saib.


Beliau memeluk Islam pada peringkat awal bersama-sama anaknya az-Zubair. Tentang kisah al-Awwam tidak diketahui, boleh jadi dia sudah pun meninggal dunia ketika itu.


Safiyyah turut merasai penderitaan Seluruh Bani Hasyim ketika dipulau oleh kaum Quraisy di perkampungan Syiib Abu Talib, selama 2 setengah tahun bermula dari tahun ke tujuh kenabian hingga tahun ke sepuluh.Kemudianya dia berhijrah ke Madinah setelah Rasulullah membenarkan kaum Muslimin berhijrah. Perjalanan hijrah ke Madinah itu bukanlah satu perjalanan yang mudah, terpaksa melalui pelbagai rintangan seperti menyeberangi jurang, padang pasir yang luas dan jarak perjalanan yang jauh.


Safiyyah seorang wanita yang berani. Jelas nampak sifatnya itu ketika perang Uhud apabila saudaranya Hamzah terbunuh. Nabi meminta az-Zubair melarang ibunya itu dari mendekati mayat Hamzah, dibimbangi jika dia tidak dapat menaham perasaannya ketika melihat mayat saudaranya itu. Tetapi hati nya keras dia menatap mayat dengan tidak meraung sedikit pun.


Beliau juga pernah membunuh seorang askar Yahudi yang cuba masuk ke kubu muslimat dalam peperangan Khandak.


Safiyyah juga seorang penyair yang hebat, Beliau telah menggubah beberapa syair ketika wafatnya Rasulullah saw.


Umaimah binti Abdul Muttalib
Isteri kepada Abu Waqqas bin Uhaib ayah kepada Saad bin Abu Waqqas, Ahli politik dan pahlawan Islam yang hebat. Umaimah ini adalah ibu kepada saad bin Abu Waqqas, sahabat Nabi yang merupakan salah seorang yang dijanjikan Syurga oleh Rasulullah saw. Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib juga adalah anak saudara kepada Abu Waqqas bermakna sepupu kepada saad bin Abu Waqqas. Kerana isteri Abdul Muttalib yang paling Muda merupakan ibu kepada Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib iaitu Halah binti Uhaib adalah saudara kepada Abu Waqqas.


Atikah binti Abdul Muttalib
Atikah adalah isteri kepada Abu Umayyah bin al-Mughirah al-Makhzumi. Umayyah adalah bersaudara dengan al-Walid bin al-Mughirah dan Hisyam bin al-Mughirah. Dia adalah ibu Ummu Mukminin Ummu Salamah isteri kepada Rasulullah saw. Jadi Ummu Salamah adalah saudara sepupu dengan Khalid bin al-Walid dan Abu Jahal.


Birrah binti Abdul Muttalib
Birrah berkahwin sebanyak 2 kali, sekali dengan Jahsy bin Ri'ab bin Ya'mar bin syabrah bin Murrah bin Kabir bin Ghanam bin Dudan bin Asad, bapa kepada Abdullah bin Jahsy, Ummul Mukminin Sayyidatina Zainab binti Jahsy dan Hamnah binti Jahsy, Isteri kepada Mus'ab bin Umair, syuhada' dalam perang Uhud.


Seorang lagi suaminya ialah Abdul Asad bin Hilal bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum, ayah kepada Abu Salamah bin Abdul Asad yang merupakan saudara sepupu kepada Abu Umayyah bin al-Mughirah ayah kepada Ummul Mukminin Sayyidatina Ummu Salamah, kepada al-Walid bin al-Mughirah ayah kepada Khalid bin al-Walid, pahlawan Islam yang terbilang. Tetapi tidak dapat dipastikan suami Birrah yang pertama di antara Jahsy bin Ri'ab dengan Abdul Asad bin Hilal.


Urwah binti Abdul Muttalib
Beliau berkahwin dengan Umair bin Wahab, seorang pembesar dan pahlawan musyrikin Quraisy yang sangat berani. Beliau juga ibu kepada Wahab dan Kulaib (Tulaib) bin Umair yang gagah.


Demikianlah sedikit kisah-kisah mengenai anak-anak Abdul Muttalib yang di catatkan dalam kitab-kitab sejarah Islam.


English

0011 Abdul Muttalib bin Hasyim’s children

According to a confirmed source of history, many Quraisy dignitaries were polygamists.  Abdul Muttalib himself had a few wives, with whom he had 16 children - 10 boys and 6 girls.

His sons were named al-Harith, as-Zubair, Dhirar, Muqawwim, Abdul Manaf (Abu Talib), Abdul Uzza (Abu Lahab), Abbas, Hamzah, Abdullah and another whose name was not known, but would most probably be Abbad.

While his daughter’s names were Baidha', Umaimah, Urwah, Atikah, Birrah, and Safiyyah.  All of his daughters became wives to well
-known Quraisy dignitaries. 

We will talk about Abdul Muttalib’s lesser-known children below.

Al-Harith bin Abdul Muttalib

Abdul Muttalib’s first-born.  It is customary for the Arabs to call fathers based on his first-born.  Thus Abdul Muttalib was known as ‘Abu al-Harith’ which means ‘father of Harith’.

Al-Harith helped his father dig the Zam-zam well, at that time when he was Abdul Muttalib’s only son.

Al-Harith had a few children, one of whom was a famous al-Mughirah named Abu Sufyan, his second son was named Naufal and the third was Abdullah.

Az-Zubair bin Abdul Muttalib
He was the second child, a strong and brave man that he was appointed as a Warlord, to lead the Bani Hasyim in the Fijar war which was a war of the Quraisy against the Hawazin.  Our prophet Muhammad pbuh was one participant of this war and he played the role as an arrow collector. The author will talk more about the Fijar war in another entry. 

Baidha' binti Abdul Muttalib
Baidha’ was the grandmother of Sayyidina Uthman bin Affan on his mother’s side.  Her husband was Kuraiz bin Rabiah bin Abd Syams bin Abd Manaf.

Safiyyah binti Abdul Muttalib
Safiyyah shared the same parents as Hamzah (a famous uncle of the prophet).  Their mother was Halah binti Uhaib bin Abdul Manaf bin Zuhrah bin Kilab.  Her husband Harith bin Harb nin Umayyah, was the cousin of Abu Sufyan bin Harb.  Her husband died before even seeing their first-born. 

She later married Al-Awwam bin Khuwailid, a cousin of Siti Khadijah binti Khuwailid (the prophet’s first wife).   They were blessed with 2 children namely Az-Zubair and As-Saib.

Safiyyah was one of the earliest person to embrace Islam, along with her son, Az-Zubair.   What happened to Al-Awwam was not known but it was thought that he had already died at the time.

Safiyyah also experienced the suffering of the Hasyim clan when they were boycotted by the Quraisy in the Syiib Abu Talib village for 2 and a half years, starting from the seventh year of Muhammad’s prophethood to the 10 ^th.  She then moved to Madinah when the prophet permitted the Muslims to emigrate.  The journey to Madinah was not an easy one; they had to overcome many obstacles along the way, such as crossing cliffs, the hot and vast deserts and the lengthy distance.

Safiyyah was a courageous woman.   This was evident during the Uhud war, where her brother Hamzah was killed.  The prophet Muhammad pbuh asked Az-Zubair to stop his mother from running to Hamzah’s lifeless body, because he was worried that she couldn’t control her emotions.  But, strong as she was, she watched his body with a steely heart and didn’t wail.

She also once killed a Jewish soldier who attempted to enter the Muslim’s fortress in the Khandak war.

Safiyyah was moreover a great poet.   She composed a few poems before the prophet’s death.

Umaimah binti Abdul Muttalib
Wife to Abu Waqqas bin Uhaib, a politician and a great warrior.  She was the mother of Saad bin Abu Waqqas, a companion of the prophet Muhammad pbuh, one of the 10 companions who were promised paradise. 

Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib was the nephew of Abu Waqqas, thus Hamzah was a cousin to Saad.  On another note, Abdul Muttalib’s youngest wife – Halah binti Uhaib was the mother of Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib. 

Halah was also a cousin of Abu Waqqas.

Atikah binti Abdul Muttalib
Atikah was married to Abu Umayyah bin al-Mughirah al-Makhzumi.  She was cousins with Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah and Hisyam bin Al-Mughirah.  Atikah was the mother of Ummu Salamah, a wife of the prophet.  Her daughter, Ummu Salamah was cousins with Khalid bin Al-Walid and Abu Jahal. 

Birrah binti Abdul Muttalib
Birrah was married twice, once to Jahsy bin Ri’ab bin Ya’mar bin Syabrah bin Murrah bin Kabir bin Ghanam bin Dudan bin Asad.  She bore Abdullah bin Jahsy, Sayyidatina Zainab bin Jahsy and Hamnah binti Jahsy (Hannah would marry Mus’ab bin Umair, who became a martyr in the Uhud war) with this husband.

Her next marriage was to Abdul Asad bin Hilal bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum.  She had Abu Salamah bin Abdul Asad with this husband.  Abu Salamah was a cousin of Abu Umayyah bin al-Mughirah.  Abu Umayyah was the father of Ummu Salamah (mentioned previously, a daughter of Atikah binti Abdul Muttalib’s).  Abu Salamah was also cousins with al-Walid bin al-Mughirah who is the father of Khalid bin al-Walid, a very much admired warrior. 

It could not be determined to whom was she married to first.

Urwah binti Abdul Muttalib.
 Married to Umair bin Wahab who was a dignitary and a ruthless Quraisy musyrikin (unbeliever).  She was mother to Wahab and Kulaib (Tulaib) bin Umair .

These are some of the facts about Abdul Muttalib’s children as recorded in Islamic historical books and documents.