Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Ḥārith ibn Abdul-Muṭṭalib ( ) was one of the uncles of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .¹ He was the son of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim , of the Quraysh in Mecca , by his first wife, Sumra bint Jundab , who was from Hawazin tribe. 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. By Ghaziyya bint Qays from Banu Muharib (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. Rabī‘ah was born c.566 and converted to Islam during the Battle of the Ditch . 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. He became a Muslim during the Conquest of Mecca and died in 636. Abdullah , 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. By Sukhayla bint Khuza'i from Banu Thaqif , he had children: Ubaydah , 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, Abdullah 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 Abdallah, 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. 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. Al-Harith outlived his brother Abdullah , who died in late 570 or early 571, but he predeceased his father, who died in 579. Abdul-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.² The Life of Muhammad .