Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib () was one of the uncles of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. He was the son of

Abd al-Muttalib Shayba ibn Hāshim (; ), better known as ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, () was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation and grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Early life His father was Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf,Muhammad ibn Sa ...

, of the

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, by his first wife,

Sumra bint Jundab Sumra bint Jundab (Arabic: سُمرة بنت جندب), also known as Ṣafiyya bint Junaydib (صفية بنت جنيدب), was the first wife of Abd al-Muttalib. Her father was Jundab (or Junaydib) ibn Hujayr ibn Zabbab (or Riyab) ibn Habib ib ...

, who was from

Hawazin The Hawazin ( / 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, and Banu Jusham, a ...

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

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by carrying away the dug earth. Al-Harith had many children by some wives.

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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 or sometimes called The Raid of Badr ( ; ''Ghazwahu Badr''), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ; ''Yawm al-Furqan'') in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the pre ...

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. He married Umm al-Hakam bint al-Zubayr ibn Abdul Muttalib, 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

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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 () 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-Islamic period, the Thaqif rivaled and co ...

, 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 Banū ‘Abd ad-Dār (, "Sons of the Servant of the House" — referring to the Kaaba) is a sub-clan of the Arabian Quraysh tribe.Abdullah Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...

, 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.

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* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed * Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.

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*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

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