Kilab ibn Murrah

Who is Kilab ibn Murrah?

Kilab ibn Murrah was the paternal great-great-great-great grandfather and maternal great-great-great grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muḥammad. Kilab ibn Murrah also known in Makkah that time as ABU ZAHRA HAKEEM KILAAB Muhammad.

He was the son of Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik by his first wife Hind bint Surayr ibn Thalabah ibn Harith ibn Fihr ibn Malik. Both his parents were descendants of Ibrahim through his son Ismail, and trace their lineage back to Fihr the progenitor of Banu Quraysh.

He had two half-brothers Taym ibn Murrah and Yaqazah ibn Murrah through his father's second wife Asma bint Adiy of Asad.

He was married to Fatimah bint Sa'd ibn Sayl, who bore him two sons. His elder son Zuhrah ibn Kilab was the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan, and his younger son Qusai ibn Kilab became the first Quraysh custodian of the Ka'aba. After his death his wife married Rabi'ah ibn Haram from the Bani Azra tribe.