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Why Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar Were His Maternal Relatives
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Read the corresponding Arabic sectionIbn Hisham explains that Salma bint Amr al-Najjariyyah, the mother of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, was from Banu Adi ibn al-Najjar. This was the maternal family connection Ibn Ishaq referred to for the Messenger of Allah.