Ilyas ibn Mudar إلياس بن مضر | |
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Born | Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'ad ibn Adnan |
Nationality | Arab |
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Spouse | Khindif |
Children | Mudrikah, Tabikha and Qam'ah |
Relatives | Qays (brother) |
Ilyas ibn Mudar (Arabic: إلياس بن مضر) also spelled al-Yas was a pre-Islamic Arabian tribal chief and an ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the progenitor of the Khindifite tribes, such as the Quraysh. A pioneer of pre-Islamic monotheism, Ilyas ibn Mudar lead a period of religious reform during his rule over the Hijaz to eradicate the worship of idols.