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[[Islam]]ic tradition further holds that Hagar and Ishmael found a spring in Mecca, the [[Zamzam well]], from which the Jurhum wanted to drink, and that after their ousting by the Khuza'a tribe, that the Jurhum collected the treasures dedicated to the Kaaba and destroyed the Zamzam well so that nobody would find it. |
[[Islam]]ic tradition further holds that Hagar and Ishmael found a spring in Mecca, the [[Zamzam well]], from which the Jurhum wanted to drink, and that after their ousting by the Khuza'a tribe, that the Jurhum collected the treasures dedicated to the Kaaba and destroyed the Zamzam well so that nobody would find it. |
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The historical reality of the Jurhum is not in question, as they are also mentioned in [[Ancient Greek]] sources.<ref name=Shahidp337/> The tribe's existence during the time of the biblical [[Ishmael]] is unlikely, and their emergence as an important tribe in their affairs of Najran, and Mecca, more likely dates to the few centuries before the rise of Islam.<ref name= |
The historical reality of the Jurhum is not in question, as they are also mentioned in [[Ancient Greek]] sources.<ref name=Shahidp337/> The tribe's existence during the time of the biblical [[Ishmael]] is unlikely, and their emergence as an important tribe in their affairs of Najran, and Mecca, more likely dates to the few centuries before the rise of Islam.<ref name=citation required> |
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Jurhum (also Banu Jurhum) was a Qahtani tribe in the Arabian peninsula. An old Arab tribe, their historical abode was Yemen before they emigrated to Mecca.[1]
According to Arabic accounts, the tribe of the Jurhum gave protection to Hagar and her son Ishmael, a relationship cemented with Ishmael's marriage to a Jurhumite woman, al Muḍaḍ ibn 'Amr.[1] The Jurhum are said to have been involved in the worship centering around the Kaaba, the holy sanctuary rebuilt by Ishmael and his father Abraham and revered as a pilgrimage site, where one of them rebuilt the temple there.[1] According to one tradition, their custodianship over the Kaaba ended after they were ousted by the Khuza'a, a tribal group from the south.[1]
Islamic tradition further holds that Hagar and Ishmael found a spring in Mecca, the Zamzam well, from which the Jurhum wanted to drink, and that after their ousting by the Khuza'a tribe, that the Jurhum collected the treasures dedicated to the Kaaba and destroyed the Zamzam well so that nobody would find it.
The historical reality of the Jurhum is not in question, as they are also mentioned in Ancient Greek sources.[1] The tribe's existence during the time of the biblical Ishmael is unlikely, and their emergence as an important tribe in their affairs of Najran, and Mecca, more likely dates to the few centuries before the rise of Islam.<ref name=citation required>
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References
Bibliography
- Shahîd, Irfan (1989), Byzantium and the Arabs in the fifth century (Illustrated, reprint ed.), Dumbarton Oaks, ISBN 0884021521, 9780884021520
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Additional reading
- Adil Salahi (1995). Muhammad: Man and Prophet, pg. 4-8, The Islamic Foundation (UK), or Barnes and Noble (NY), or Element Books Limited, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
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