Al-Mahdi (a.s.)

we were the residents of mecca from quraish
and it was due to us that the tribe of quraish was called by this name.

it is also said that quraish was the name of qusi and it was because of this reason that his tribe was named as quraish. what is more common however is that his name had been zaid just as it was previously mentioned.

yet others have said: the word of is derived from which means «to earn» and because they were carrying on business and earning they were called as quraish.

it is also said that since «nazr» was called as quraish, his family too became famous by this name.

some say: they were called as quraish because they were doing «taqrish» of goods of the pilgrims going for haj and «taqrish» means 'to inspect'. thus they erected inspection points in their way and prevented them from moving ahead unchecked. the proof that this statement is correct is the saying of haaris-ibn-khulatul-yashkari who says:

'o' the speaker who investigates us in front of amr;
is there for us any to affair be faithful upon?

«Mahdi is from bani-hashim»

the author of «uqdud-durar» in the first chapter of his book, narrates from imam abul-hussein ahmad-ibn-jafar manawi and imam abu abdulla na'eem-ibn-hamad and these two from qatada who said:

i asked sa'eed-ibn-maseeb: 'is Mahdi the truth?'
he replied: 'yes.'

i asked: 'to which tribe does he belong?'
he replied: 'to the quraish.'