Hashim was the cleverest and most meritorious of all his brothers...

Hashim was the cleverest and most meritorious of all his brothers, so Quraysh decided to give him the responsibility of watering and feeding pilgrims, his father Abd at- Munaf, had practiced these two jobs before him, so Hashim was as Qdraysh thought; moreover he increased the honor of this father when he decided on two (trading) journeys- the winter journey was to the Yemen; the summer journey was to Sham. The Holy Book (the Koran) has mentioned these two journeys. Hashim.

s intention from those two journeys was to increase the money of Quraysh, then they would be able to feed pilgrims. This was a high virtue which Hashim wanted to achieve for his people. And that was the custom of the great men who lead their people to great achievements and an honorable lofty position. Then he preceded his people in feeding pilgrims to be an example for them. He was open-handed, so pilgrims became rich because of his generosity. Then his poet said famous lines of poetry.

Among them is; Amru, the very high, broke up the porridge for his people And the men of Mecca were hungry ' Amru with prestige broke up (hashamma) Bread for his people While the people of Mecca were needy and skinny. For this reason he was called LThshim; this new name replaced his old name . Amru..[1] . So, generosity was one of Hashim. s virtues that made him master over Quraysh, the masters of Arabs. Then his brothers divided. Al-Muttalib stood by him, while Nawfal stood by Abd al- Shams.

They competed with him and tried to match him with his good traits, but they were unable to achieve that, so Hashim became the matchless master of al- Battha. because of his generous acts and good qualities. When Abd al- Shams died, Omayyah appeared. He tried to occupy Hashim. s high rank because his father was unable to occupy it before, but there was a great difference between him and Hashim in age and importance.

Hashim became a master because he was full of virtues, while Omayyah had nothing to be a master except money and sons; they were not enough to help him to be a master without supreme qualities. One day Omayyah sought to vie in nobility with Hashim. He accepted that, but we do not know why he was satisfied at that measure while he was the master of al- Battha. and the Shaykh of Quraysh, the only thing we know is that he knew that he would win the round to hinder Omayyah.

s ambition and to humiliate his ambitious soul, so Hashim won the round and exiled Omayyah out of Medina for ten years.