Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib
الحارث بن عبد المطلب
Diedc. 577-578
Spouses
  • Ghaziyya bint Qays
  • Sukhayla bint Khuza'i
  • Safiyya bint al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib
Children
Parents
Relatives
FamilyBanu Hashim (Quraish)

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]: 99  For a long time his father, who took from him the kunya Abu al-Harith,[2]: 99  had no other children.[3]: 62 [2]: 87 

It is said that al-Harith assisted Abd al-Muttalib with the excavation of the Zamzam Well[3]: 62  by carrying away the dug earth.[2]: 87  Al-Harith had many children by some wives.

Family

By Ghaziyya bint Qays from Banu ib (al-Harith) ibn Fihr, he had five children:

  1. 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]: 19–20 
  2. 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.[4]: 62, 98 
  3. Abū Sufyān (Mughīrah). He became a Muslim during the Conquest of Mecca and died in 636.[4]: 21 
  4. Abd Allah, became a Muslim before 630. He died in Muhammad's lifetime, in 624.[4]: 62  His children lived after him in Syria.
  5. 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:

  1. Ubayda, married Sa'da bint Kurayz (his cousin) and had many children. He died in 624.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Abd al-Muttalib
  6. Murrah.

By Safiyya bint al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib, from Banu Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza. By her, he had children:

  1. Buhayna, married Malik ibn al-Qashib and had sons named Jubayr and Abd Allah.
  2. Ubda, married Malik ibn Jundab and had daughters named Zaynab, Jamila, and Fatima.
  3. Umayya.
  4. Awf.
  5. Abd Shams.

Al-Harith outlived his brother Abdullah, who died in late 570 or early 571,[2]: 108  but he died before his father,[2] who died in 579.[3]: 73 

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

Kilab ibn MurrahFatimah bint Sa'd
Zuhrah ibn Kilab
(progenitor of Banu Zuhrah)
maternal great-great-grandfather		Qusai ibn Kilab
paternal great-great-great-grandfather		Hubba bint Hulail
paternal great-great-great-grandmother
`Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah
maternal great-grandfather		`Abd Manaf ibn Qusai
paternal great-great-grandfather		Atikah bint Murrah
paternal great-great-grandmother
Wahb ibn `Abd Manaf
maternal grandfather		Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf
(progenitor of Banu Hashim)
paternal great-grandfather		Salma bint `Amr
paternal great-grandmother
Fatimah bint `Amr
paternal grandmother		`Abdul-Muttalib
paternal grandfather		Halah bint Wuhayb
paternal step-grandmother
Aminah
mother		`Abdullah
father		Az-Zubayr
paternal uncle		Harith
paternal half-uncle		Hamza
paternal half-uncle
Thuwaybah
first nurse		Halimah
second nurse		Abu Talib
paternal uncle		`Abbas
paternal half-uncle		Abu Lahab
paternal half-uncle		6 other sons
and 6 daughters
MuhammadKhadija
first wife		`Abd Allah ibn `Abbas
paternal cousin
Fatimah
daughter		Ali
paternal cousin and son-in-law
family tree, descendants		Qasim
son		`Abd-Allah
son
Zainab
daughter		Ruqayyah
daughter		Uthman
second cousin and son-in-law
family tree		Umm Kulthum
daughter		Zayd
adopted son
Ali ibn Zainab
grandson		Umamah bint Zainab
granddaughter		`Abd-Allah ibn Uthman
grandson		Rayhana bint Zayd
wife		Usama ibn Zayd
adoptive grandson
Muhsin ibn Ali
grandson		Hasan ibn Ali
grandson		Husayn ibn Ali
grandson
family tree		Umm Kulthum bint Ali
granddaughter		Zaynab bint Ali
granddaughter		Safiyya
tenth wife
Abu Bakr
father-in-law
family tree		Sawda
third wife		Umar
father-in-law
family tree		Umm Salama
sixth wife		Juwayriya
eighth wife		Maymuna
eleventh wife
Aisha
third wife
Family tree		Zaynab
fifth wife		Hafsa
fourth wife		Zaynab
seventh wife		Umm Habiba
ninth wife		Maria al-Qibtiyya
twelfth wife
Ibrahim
son
  • * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
  • Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ ref Archived 2006-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
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