Tsibirin Larabawa, a lokacin da ake gab da bayyanar Musulunci, an raba shi sosai bisa tsarin kabilanci. Mutanen da ke zaune a cikin alfarwa ko gida sun samar da iyali; rukunin iyalai sun zama dangi, kuma rukunin dangi sun zama kabila. Kowace kabila tana da nata dokoki da ka'idoji da ake mulkar mutane da su. Girmamawa, alfahari da aminci suna da daraja sosai a wajen waɗannan kabilu. Dukkan ayyuka an takaita su cikin tsarin kabilanci, kuma duk wanda ya fita daga waɗannan iyakoki ana hukunta shi. Zama tare ta wannan hanya yana ba da tsaro ga mutanen da ke cikin kabilar, har ma ga duk wanda ya nemi mafaka a wurinsu.

The Arabian peninsular, during the period leading up to the dawn of Islam, was heavily split on nationalistic lines. People living in a tent or a house formed a family; a group of families made a clan and a group of clans formed a tribe. Each tribe had its own set of rules and regulations according to which people were governed. Honour, pride and loyalty were held in high esteem by these tribes. All activities were confined within the framework of the tribalistic structure and anyone stepping outside these limits was reprimanded. Herding together in this fashion provided security for the individuals belonging to the tribe and also for anyone seeking refuge with them.

Wasu daga cikin manyan kabilu sun kasance Quraishawa a Makka, Aus da Khazraj, da wasu kabilun Yahudawa a Yathrib (Madina), da kuma Thaqif a Ta'if.

Some of the dominant tribes were Quraysh in Makkah, Aus, Khazraj and some Jewish tribes in Yathrib (Madinah) and Thaqif in Ta‘if.

Biyayyar da ake yi wa kabilu mai ƙarfi sau da yawa takan haifar da gaba tsakanin kabilu. Wannan gaba sau da yawa takan kai ga arangama ta zahiri, wanda kuma yakan haifar da yaƙe-yaƙe tsakanin kabilu, ana yin su ne saboda ƙananan abubuwa kamar wuraren kiwo, ruwa, dawakai da raƙuma. Zamanin jahiliyya (rashin sani)

The strong loyalties to the tribes often led to inter-tribal rivalries. These rivalries often culminated in physical clashes, which in turn led to tribal wars, fought over trivial issues such as pastures, water, horses and camels. The period of jahiliyyah (ignorance)

A cikin karni na biyar, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun yaƙe-yaƙe shi ne Harb al-Basus, wanda ya fara ne daga raunata wata raƙumiya mai suna Basus wadda ta mallaki wata tsohuwa ta Banu Bakr. Wannan yaƙi ya ɗauki shekara talatin yana musayar hare-hare, da kwasar ganima da kisan kai. Harb al-Dalis kuwa ya taso ne daga rashin adalci a tseren dawakai tsakanin kabilar Abs da Dhabyan a tsakiyar Larabawa. Wannan yaƙi ya ɗauki shekaru da dama.

is full of such examples. During the 5th Century, one of the well known wars was Harb al-Basus, which started from the wounding of a she-camel named Basus that belonged to an old woman of Banu Bakr. This war lasted for thirty years with reciprocal raids, plundering and killings. Harb al-Dalis arose from an unfair conduct in a horse race between the tribe of Abs and Dhabyan in central Arabia. This war lasted for decades.

Kabilun Aus da Khazraj a Yathrib (wanda yanzu ake kira Madinah) sun shiga Yakin Bu'ath, kuma a Makkah Quraishawa da kawayensu Kinanah sun yi yaki da Hawazin a yakin da ake kira Yakin Fujjar.

The two tribes of Aus and Khazraj in Yathrib (now called Madinah) were involved in Harb al-Bu‘ath, and in Makkah the Quraysh and their allies, the Kinanah, fought the Hawazin in the war known as Harb al-Fujjar.