Fadl was the eldest son of Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, an uncle of the Prophet and a wealthy merchant of Mecca, and of Lubaba bint al-Harith, a sister of Muhammad's wife Maymuna.
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari al-Kinani born Jundab ibn Junādah, was the fourth or fifth person converting to Islam, and from the Muhajirun. He belonged to the Banu Ghifar, the Kinanah tribe.
