Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib explained
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: الحارث بن عبد المطلب) was one of the uncles of Muhammad. He was the son of Abd al-Muttalib, of the Quraysh in Mecca, by his first wife, Sumra bint Jundab, who was from Hawazin tribe.[1] [2] For a long time his father, who took from him the kunya Abu al-Harith, had no other children.[3]
It is said that al-Harith assisted Abd al-Muttalib with the excavation of the Zamzam Well 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.[4]
- 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.
- 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.
- Arwā, she married Abu Wida'a ibn Sabara. and had many children. She died in 636.[5] [6]
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, 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
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051210215334/http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/reference/companions/English/sufyan.html
Notes and References
- 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.
- Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- 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.
- Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The women of Madina, p. 36. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
- http://www.holynajaf.net/eng/html/nahjulbalaga/179.htm ref
