Life in As-Sham
Qusai grew up knowing no other father than Rabi'ah. When a quarrel broke out between Qusai and some members of the Rabi'ah tribe, they reproached him as they would a foreigner and betrayed the fact that they never regarded him as one of their own. Qusai complained to his mother and related to her the reproach he heard. Her answer was as defiant as it was proud. "O my son," she said, "your descendance is nobler than theirs, you are the son of Kilab ibn Murrah, and your people live in the proximity of the holy house in Makkah." This was the cause of Qusai's departure from as Sham and return to Makkah.
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