Background
He was born into the famous Quraysh tribe. His father was Kilab ibn Murrah. After Islamization the tribe claimed that he was a descendant of Ibrahim (Abraham) through his son Isma'il (Ishmael) died when Qusai was an infant. His elder brother Zuhrah ibn Kilab was the progenitor of the Banu Zuhrah clan. After his father's death his mother Fatimah bint Sa'd ibn Sayl married Rabi'ah ibn Haram from the Bani Azra tribe, who took her with him to as-Sham where she gave birth to a son called Darraj.
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