Az-Zubayr ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib

Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib, was the son of Abd al-Muttalib and Fatima bint Amr, hence an uncle of Muhammad. He was full brother to Abu Talib and to Muhammad's father Abdullah. Biography He married Atika bint Abi Wahb of the Makhzum clan, and they had four daughters and one son. Duba'a, who married Miqdad ibn Aswad and had Abd Allah ibn Miqdad and Karima bint Miqdad. Umm al-Hakam (or Umm Hakim), who married Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith and had nine children. Safiyya. Umm al-Zubayr. Abd Allah. After the death of his eldest half-brother, Al-Harith, Al-Zubayr was next in line. With his brother Abu Talib, he took responsibility for the family obligation to provide food and drink for the pilgrims. He also shared joint guardianship of the young Muhammad. It is said that he took Muhammad on a journey to Yemen c.584. A tradition that Ibn Kathir calls "weak" states that he died c.585. This is contradicted by several traditions that indicate that he was still alive many years later.