In the meantime Omayyah was satisfied that Hashim would beat him...
In the meantime Omayyah was satisfied that Hashim would beat him, but he wanted people to honor him when they said that he vied in nobility with Hashim. When .
Abd al- Muttalib appeared after his father Hashim and his uncle al- Mattalib, he got a higher rank and higher merits than that of his people and his ancestors, so the water of Zamzam gushed out for him, while no one of Quraysh had won this honor before him, so Quraysh felt envy toward him and tried to share in this honor of watering the pilgrims, but he refused, so they asked his priest Hudhayl in Sham to judge him.
When they saw his miracles on their way to Sham, they refrained from his trial and gave him Zamzam and the watering of pilgrims. Sharh al- Nahj 3/457. It was he HisMm who…
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