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Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, الحارث بن عبد المطلب) was one of the uncles of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
. 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 The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Q ...
in
Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow val ...
, by his first wife, Sumra bint Jundab, who was from
Hawazin The Hawazin ( ar, هوازن / ALA-LC: ''Hawāzin'') were an Arab tribe originally based in the western Najd and around Ta'if in the Hejaz. They formed part of the larger Qays tribal group. The Hawazin consisted of the subtribes of Banu Sa'd, ...
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 The Battle of Badr ( ar, غَزْوَةُ بَدِرْ ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ) in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the present-day city of Badr, Al Madinah Provin ...
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. # Rabī‘ah was born c.566 and converted to Islam during the
Battle of the Trench The Battle of the Trench ( ar, غزوة الخندق, Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq ( ar, معركة الخندق, Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates ( ar, غزوة الاحزاب, Ghazwat al- ...
. 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. # Abū Sufyān (Mughīrah). He became a Muslim during the
Conquest of Mecca The Conquest of Mecca ( ar, فتح مكة , translit=Fatḥ Makkah) was the capture of the town of Mecca by Muslims led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD (Julian), 10–20 Ramadan, 8 AH. The conquest marked t ...
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. # Arwā, she married Abu Wida'a ibn Sabara. and had many children. She died in 636.ref
By Sukhayla bint Khuza'i from
Banu Thaqif The Banu Thaqif ( ar, بنو ثقيف, Banū Thaqīf) is an Arab tribe which inhabited, and still inhabits, the city of Ta'if and its environs, in modern Saudi Arabia, and played a prominent role in early Islamic history. During the pre-Islami ...
, 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, 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

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Companions of the Prophet The Companions of the Prophet ( ar, اَلصَّحَابَةُ; ''aṣ-ṣaḥāba'' meaning "the companions", from the verb meaning "accompany", "keep company with", "associate with") were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or ...
* 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 ib ...


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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20051210215334/http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/reference/companions/English/sufyan.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Harith Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib Companions of the Prophet Family of Muhammad Banu Hashim