The Arabs actually paid their divine honors not merely to sculptured idols, but venerated all types of stones and fetish. Angels, ghosts, and stars were all their deities. They believed that the angels were daughters of God and the ghosts were God"s partners in divinity and thus both enjoyed supernatural powers whose worship was essential for their well-being. Arabia had been the birthplace of several prophets of God in the bygone times. Abdul-Muttalib, chief of the Quraish-the leading tribe of Makkah, had ten sons who were all worthy and outstanding. But Abdullah was the noblest and most prominent among them. Abdul-Muttalib wedded him to Aminah, the daughter of Wahb, who was the leading man of a famous tribe in Makkah. Muhammad (PBUH) was born six months after the death of his father. The Prophet (PBUH) was born on Monday, the twelfth of Rabi-ul-Awwal (a month in Islamic lunar calendar). Muhammad (PBUH) was the descendent of Adnan. Arab genealogists further trace the parentage of Adnan to Ishmael, son of Abraham. After the birth of Muhammad (PBUH), Aminah sent someone to inform his grandfather. Abdul-Muttalib gave him the name Muhammad, which means "He who is praised". When the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) was six years old, his mother took him to Madinah to pay a visit to her father. She also wanted to call on the grave of her late husband, but while on her way back to Makkah, she died at a place called Abwa. Abdul Muttalib loved the Prophet (PBUH) so dearly, making him the apple of his eye and never allowed him to be distant from his sight. After reaching eight years of age, 'Abdul Muttalib also passed away. Following the death Of 'Abdul Muttalib, Abu Talib took the Prophet (PBUH) under his care for he and 'Abdullah, the Prophet"s father, were brothers by the same mother. When the Prophet (PBUH) was around fourteen or fifteen years of age, the sacrilegious war, known as the Harb-ul-Fijar, broke out between the Quraish and the tribe of Qays.