Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, الحارث بن عبد المطلب) was one of the uncles of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
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. He was the son of
Abd al-Muttalib
Shayba ibn Hāshim ( ar, شَيْبَة بْن هَاشِم; 497–578), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, ( ar, عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب , lit=Servant of Muttalib) was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was ...
, of the
Quraysh in
Mecca
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, by his first wife,
Sumra bint Jundab
Sumra bint Jundab (Arabic: سُمرة بنت جندب), also known as Ṣafīyya bint Junaydib (Arabic: صفية بنت جنيدب), was the first wife of Abd al-Muttalib.
Her father was Jundab (or Junaydib) ibn Hujayr ibn Zabbab (or Riyab) ibn ...
, who was from
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tribe.
[Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. ''Notes to Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad'', p. 708 note 97. Oxford: Oxford University Press.][Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir''. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). ''Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume I Parts I & II''. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.] For a long time his father, who took from him the ''kunya'' Abu al-Harith,
had no other children.
[Muhammad ibn Ishaq. ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.]
It is said that al-Harith assisted Abd al-Muttalib with the excavation of the
Zamzam Well
The Zamzam Well ( ar, بئر زمزم, translit=Biʾru Zamzam ) is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is located east of the Kaʿba, the holiest place in Islam.
According to Islamic narratives, the well is a mi ...
by carrying away the dug earth.
Al-Harith had many children by some wives.
Family
By Ghaziyya bint Qays from
Banu ib (al-Harith) ibn Fihr, he had five children:
#Nawfal was his eldest son. He became a Muslim after being captured at the
Battle of Badr and died in 635. He married Zariba bint Sa'id ibn Qashib from
Banu Azd and had many children.
[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusual wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors''. Albany: State University of New York Press.]
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Rabī‘ah was born c.566 and converted to Islam during the
Battle of the Trench. He married Umm al-Hakam bint al-Zubayr, his paternal cousin, and had many children. He outlived all his brothers but had died by 644.
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Abū Sufyān (Mughīrah). He became a Muslim during the
Conquest of Mecca and died in 636.
#Abd Allah, became a Muslim before 630. He died in Muhammad's lifetime, in 624.
His children lived after him in Syria.
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Arwā, she married Abu Wida'a ibn Sabara. and had many children. She died in 636.
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By Sukhayla bint Khuza'i from Banu Thaqif, he had children:
# Ubayda, married Sa'da bint Kurayz (his cousin) and had many children. He died in 624.
# Tufayl, was born in 583. He died in 653. He married Atika (Barra) bint Kurayz (his cousin) and had children named Fatima, Abd Allah and Amir.
# Husayn, died in 653. He married Umm Abd Allah (Arwa) bint Adi ibn Khuwaylid from Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza. By her, he had children named Abd Allah, Khadija, and Hind.
#Qays, married Umm Sufyan (Hamina/Habiba) bint Abi Talha from Banu Abd al-Dar. By her, he had children named Sufyan, Abd Allah, and Zaynab.
#Abd al-Muttalib
#Murrah.
By Safiyya bint al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib, from Banu Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza. By her, he had children:
# Buhayna, married Malik ibn al-Qashib and had sons named Jubayr and Abd Allah.
# Ubda, married Malik ibn Jundab and had daughters named Zaynab, Jamila, and Fatima.
# Umayya.
# Awf.
# Abd Shams.
Al-Harith outlived his brother Abdullah
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
, who died in late 570 or early 571, but he died before his father, who died in 579.
Abd al-Muttalib said, that Ghaziyya bint Qays (ibn Tareef/Turayf ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Amir ibn Umayra ibn Wadi'a bin al-Harith ibn Fihr) was the eldest wife of his first son.
Family tree
* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
* Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.
See also
* Companions of the Prophet
* Abd al-Muttalib (name)
*Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib
Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib ( ar, صفية بنت عبدالمطلب, Ṣafīyya bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; ; 53 BH to 18 AH) was a companion and aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Early life
Safiyya was the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib i ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20051210215334/http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/reference/companions/English/sufyan.html
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Companions of the Prophet
Family of Muhammad
Banu Hashim