ʿUbayda ibn al-Ḥārith ( ar, عبيدة بن الحارث) () was a relative
and
companion of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
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. He is known for commanding the expedition in which Islam’s first arrow was shot
and for being the first Muslim to be ''
martyred
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'' in battle and third ever in Islam.
Family
Ubaydah was the son of al-Harith ibn
Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf
Al-Muttalib ibn Abd al-Manaf ( ar, ٱلْـمُطَّلِب ٱبْن عَبْد مَنَاف, ''al-Muṭṭalib ibn Abd al-Manāf'') was the grandfather of Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, a sahabi of Muhammad. He was also the ancestor of Imam Shafi.
Hist ...
ibn Qusayy,
[Muhammad ibn Ishaq, ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.][Abdullah
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. His mother, Sukhayla bint Khuza'i ibn Huwayrith ibn al-Harith ibn Khaythama ibn al-Harith ibn Malik ibn Jusham ibn Thaqif, was from the
tribe. He had two full brothers, al-Tufayl and al-Husayn, who were more than twenty years younger than himself.
By various concubines, he was the father of nine children: Muawiya, Awn, Munqidh, al-Harith, Ibrahim, Rabta, Khadija, Suhaykhla and Safiya.