Are Qurayshis meat sellers or butchers?
- Are Qurayshis meat sellers or butchers? In India, when you say I am a Qurayshi, people assume you are a meat seller.
- I am from India. I want to know about Quraysh because in India, Qurayshis are known as meat sellers. Do all Qurayshis do it?
- Please guide me to understand this concept. I am doing research on this issue. Please give details as much as possible.
Dear Brother / Sister,
It is stated that the root letters of Q-R-SH, from which the word QURAYSH is derived is reported to have many meanings in Arabic lexical sources:
- Earning by working,
- Coming together,
- Trading,
- an animal that lives in the sea and is feared by all living beings around it. (1)
According to the information attributed especially to Ibn Abbas, the Quraysh tribe got this name because of the relationship established between them and the animal in the sea because the Qurayshi tribe has a quality that is belligerent, brave, skilled and that can dominate their environment. (see Lisanul-Arab, ibid)
It also means to gather / bring together because the Quraysh tribe gathered other scattered Arab tribes in Makkah and brought them together there. Likewise, it was given this name because of the meaning of working and earning for their families. (2)
Quraysh also means “to fight each other, to shoot arrows, to injure”. (3)
The reasons why they are called “Sons of Quraysh” can be summarized as follows:
1. The word Quraysh is derived from the root taqarrush, which means “gathering, coming together, trading”; it is stated that it was named like that because Fihr b. Malik’s descendants gathered together to reside in and around Makkah under the leadership of Qusay b. Kilab or because they were engaged in trade.
2. Quraysh is derived from the word qirsh meaning “shark” like the names of the tribes of Kalb (dog) and Asad (lion); it expresses the superiority of Quraysh over other tribes, just like the shark being stronger other fish in the sea.
3. It is stated that Fihr b. Malik’s children determined those who needed protection, who were poor and needy and tried to help them; therefore, they were given this name based on the word taqrish, meaning “investigating, inspecting”; or it is stated that they were given this name after Quraysh b. Mahlad, who was one of Fihr b. Malik’s grandchildren and who guided the caravans of tribes.
4. Some genealogical scholars state that Quraysh is the name of Nadr b. Kinana and that the name of the tribe is based on him, and they repeat what is said about Fihr b. Malik also about Nadr b. Kinana. (4)
Footnotes:
1) see Lisanul-Arab, Q-R-SH item.
2) Lisanul-Arab, ibid
3) see Tajul-Arus, al-Mujamul-Wasit, Q-R-SH item
4) see. TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi, Kureyş item.
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