Abd al-Muttalib

Abd al-Muttalib
Islamic miniature of Amina showing her son Muhammad to her father-in-law Abd al-Muttalib (middle, white beard)
4th Major Chief of Quraysh
Chiefshipc.497–578 CE (81 years)
PredecessorHashim ibn Abd Manaf
SuccessorAbu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
BornShayba ibn Hāshim
c. 481
Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Medina, Saudi Arabia)
Died578 (age 97)
Mecca, Hejaz
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
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Arabicعبد المطلب شيبة بن هاشم
ClanBanu Hashim
FatherHashim (Son of Abdul Manaf)
MotherSalma bint Amr
ReligionHanifism

Shayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic: شيبة بن هاشم; c. 481–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muttalib, (Arabic: عبد المطلب, lit.'Servant of Muttalib') was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation and grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.