A tribe from Yemen, not considered among the elite tribes of Makkah.
A merchant of the tribe of Zubayd (from Yemen) sold goods to al-As ibn Wa'il, a rich Qurashi chieftain, before hajj, on the promise of payment afterward. Al-As repeatedly delayed paying him until the man realized he would not be paid. Having appealed unsuccessfully to several Quraysh subtribes for help, he made his grievance public by reciting a poem at the Ka'bah, appealing to the "family of Fihr" (Quraysh) for justice. Al-Zubayr ibn Abdul Muttalib, on hearing this, convened the senior members of the Quraysh at the house of Abdullah ibn Jud'an, where they agreed to a pact to side with the oppressed against the oppressor, regardless of tribe. Being unable to write, they sealed the pact by dipping their hands in perfume and touching them to the Ka'bah, hence its other name, Hilf al-Mutayyabin ("the Pact of the Perfumed Ones").
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