Thābit ibn Qays ibn Shammās al-Ḥārithī al-Khazrajī (
Arabic
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: ثابت بن قيس بن شماس الحارثي الخزرجي) was a
companion of Muhammad, who served as one of his orators and
scribes, and a leader of the
Ansar, the natives of Medina who gave Muhammad safe haven in their city and were among the earliest converts to Islam.
Following the Muslim victory at Dhu al-Qassah at the beginning of the
Ridda wars
The Ridda Wars ( ar, حُرُوْبُ الرِّدَّةِ, lit=Apostasy Wars) were a series of military campaigns launched by the first caliph Abu Bakr against rebellious Arabian tribes. They began shortly after the death of the Islamic proph ...
in 632, Caliph
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...
appointed Thabit commander of the Ansarite troops. He was placed under the overall command of
Khalid ibn al-Walid. He participated in the subsequent battles of
Buzakha (632) against the
Asad and
Ghatafan
The Ghaṭafān ( ar, غطفان) were an Arab tribal confederation originally based northeast of Medina. The main branches of the Ghatafan were the tribes of Banu Abs, Banu Dhubyan and Ashja'. They were one of the Arab tribes that interacted wi ...
nomads under
Tulayha
Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid ibn Nawfal al-Asadi ( ar, طليحة بن خويلد بن نوفل الأسدي) was a wealthy Arab clan chief and military commander during the time of Muhammad; he belonged to the Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah tribe.
In 625 he ...
and
Aqraba (633) against the sedentary
Hanifa tribe under
Musaylima
Musaylima ( ar, مُسَيْلِمَةُ), otherwise known as Maslama ibn Ḥabīb ( ar, مَسْلَمَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ) d.632, was a preacher of monotheism from the Banu Hanifa tribe. He claimed to be a prophet in 7th-century Arabia ...
. At Aqraba he recommended to Khalid that the exclusion of nomad contingents in their army as he blamed them for the repeated, failed attempts to overcome the Hanifa warriors. Khalid accepted this counsel and the Muslims afterward routed and killed Musaylima.
Alternatively,
Chinese Muslims
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hold that he was involved in the introduction of
Islam to
China during the
Tang dynasty
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period when he reached China over land and died of in the western Chinese province of
Xinjiang
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.
The title of Khatib of Islam
The title "Khatib-e-Islam" was first used for Hazrat Thabit bin Qais Ansari, who used to attend various meetings as a representative of Muhammad. He was also remembered by the titles of Khatib-ul-Ansar and Khatib-e-Rasool-e-Karim.
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