One day a man comes to Madina. His name is Muthalib and is the brother of Hashim. He came to Madina to claim his nephew, Sheiba who is now around eight years old. Muthalib said, “We want to take him back to his land in Mecca”.

The mother’s side of the family refused to give him up, but then al-Muthalib convinced them by saying that he belongs to the noblest family of Quraish, he needs to go back to his heritage and learn about his family, and start assuming responsibilities in Mecca. Eventually the mother’s family agreed and allowed Sheiba to go with his uncle.

Now, so far, no one in Mecca has seen this child, Sheiba. In those days slavery was quiet rampant in Arabia. You could go out in the market, buy a slave and walk back home. Usually they are purchased young so that they can be trained well.

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Jurhum had the political leadership in Mecca. Ismail (A) grew up and Ibrahim (A) returned to Mecca to build Kaaba with him. The religious leadership in Mecca was always with Ismail and continued down the line of his descendants.

Jurhum stayed in Mecca for a long time, aroung 2000 years, and became corrupt and tyrannical. So Allah (SWT)  sent on them Khuzza who is another tribe from Yemen settled in Hijaz. Jurhum was kicked out by Khuzza and before they left they did two things. One is that they dumped the well of Zam Zam. They filled it up and erased all of its trace. Second is that they stole the treasures which were inside Kaaba.

Khuzza now became the new leaders of Mecca. The descendants of Ismail (A) have already increased in number and branched out spreading all over Arabia. There was one tribe that remained in Mecca and that was Quraish. They were the descendants of Adnan.

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