Hashim bin 'Abd Manaf

The family of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is called the Hashimite family after his grandfather Hashim bin 'Abd Manaf. Hashim was the one responsible for giving food and water to the pilgrims. This had been his charge when the sons of 'Abd Manaf and those of 'Abd Ad-Dar compromised on dividing the charges between them.

Hashim was wealthy and honest. He was the first to offer the pilgrims sopped bread in broth. His first name was 'Amr but he was called Hashim because he had been in the practice of crumbling bread (for the pilgrims). He was also the first man who started Quraish's two journeys of summer and winter. It was reported that he went to Syria as a merchant.

In Madinah, he married Salma, the daughter of 'Amr from Bani 'Adi bin An-Najjar. He spent some time with her in Madinah then he left for Syria again while she was pregnant. He died in Ghazza in Palestine in 497 A.D. Later, his wife gave birth to 'Abdul-Muttalib and named him Shaiba for the white hair in his head, and brought him up in her father's house in Madinah. None of his family in Makkah learned of his birth. Hashim had four sons; Asad, Abu Saifi, Nadla and 'Abdul-Muttalib, and five daughters Ash-Shifa, Khalida, Da'ifa, Ruqyah and Jannah.