Ḥārith ibn Ḥarb ( ar, حارث ابن حرب) was the son of the 7th century
Arabian Mecca
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Harb ibn Umayya
Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams ( ar, حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس) was the father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa and the son of Umayya ibn Abd Shams. Harb is credited in the Islamic tradition as the first among the Quraysh to write in Arabic ...
. Hence he was the brother of
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams ( ar, صخر بن حرب بن أمية بن عبد شمس, Ṣakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayya ibn ʿAbd Shams; ), better known by his '' kunya'' Abu Sufyan ( ar, أبو سفيان, Abū Sufyān), was a prominent ...
, who was chief of Mecca in the period 624–630 and a major opponent of Muhammad.
The Sealed Nectar
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br>The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge
on sunnipath.com
He had trade relations with
Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah
Sad ibn Ubadah ibn Dulaym ( ar, سعد بن عبادة بن دليم) (d. 637) was the chief of the Sa'ida clan of the Khazraj tribe in Medina in the early seventh century. He was later recognised as the chief of the whole Khazraj tribe, and then ...
, the chief of the
Banu Khazraj
The Banu Khazraj ( ar, بنو خزرج) is a large Arab tribe based in Medina. They were also in Medina during Muhammad's era.
The Banu Khazraj are a South Arabian tribe that were pressured out of South Arabia in the Karib'il Watar 7th century ...
. Harith helped Sa'd when the later was captured by the Meccans after the
Second Pledge of al-Aqabah.
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He married ]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 ...
, one of Muhammad's paternal aunts, and they had a son, Safi.[ Becons of light on al-shia.org {{usurpe]
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References
7th-century Arab people