He believes that al-Kumayt wanted the caliphate to be given to the Banu Hashim, but not necessarily the family of the Prophet.
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An article by W. F. Madelung suggests that al-Kumayt was not praising the family of the Prophet specifically, but rather the Banu Hashim as a whole.
Their speaker became Muhammad, who himself hailed from one of the less privileged Quraysh clans.
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In July 632, Abu Bakr raised an army mainly from the Banu Hashim (the clan of the prophet Muhammad).