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 "id": "group/banu-al-harith-ibn-kab",
 "class": "group",
 "slug": "banu-al-harith-ibn-kab",
 "label": {
  "ar": "بنو الحارث بن كعب",
  "en": "Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "قبيلة بنجران بعث إليها النبي خالد بن الوليد في ربيع الآخر أو جمادى الأولى سنة 10هـ ليدعوهم ثلاثاً قبل القتال، فأسلموا ولم يقاتلوا، وأقام فيهم خالد يعلمهم ثم قدم بوفدهم على النبي، فأمّر عليهم قيس بن الحصين وبعث إليهم عمرو بن حزم يفقههم ويأخذ صدقاتهم؛ قالوا للنبي إنهم كانوا يغلبون من قاتلهم لأنهم يجتمعون ولا يفترقون ولا يبدؤون أحداً بظلم.",
  "en": "A tribe of Najran to whom the Prophet sent Khalid ibn al-Walid in Rabi' al-Akhir or Jumada al-Ula 10 AH to call them to Islam for three days before fighting; they converted without a fight, Khalid stayed to teach them and then brought their delegation to the Prophet, who appointed Qays ibn al-Husayn over them and sent Amr ibn Hazm to instruct them and collect their sadaqa. They told the Prophet they used to defeat whoever fought them because they stayed united and never began a wrong."
 },
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 "wings": [],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "data": {
  "kind": "tribe",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "sira-ibn-hisham saqqa 1936, juz' 4 pp. 239-243",
   "generated_by": "Claude Code",
   "model": "claude-fable-5-1",
   "run": "ibn-hisham-batch-9c"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/ibn-hisham-saqqa",
   "source/muruj-al-dhahab"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Claude Fable 5.1; mined from Ibn Hisham juz' 4 pp. 239-243"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "قبيلة من أهل [[place/najran|نجران]]، ويقول المحققون إن نجران بلد بين اليمن وهجر؛ أسلمت على يدي [[person/khalid-ibn-al-walid|خالد بن الوليد]] سنة 10هـ من غير قتال. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/239}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "في سيرة ابن هشام",
     "markdown": "بعث النبي خالداً في ربيع الآخر أو جمادى الأولى سنة عشر إليهم وأمره أن يدعوهم إلى الإسلام ثلاثاً قبل أن يقاتلهم، فبعث خالد الركبان يضربون في كل وجه يقولون: أيها الناس أسلموا تسلموا، فأسلم الناس وأقام فيهم خالد يعلمهم الإسلام وكتاب الله وسنة نبيه؛ انظر [[event/mission-of-khalid-to-banu-al-harith|بعث خالد إلى بني الحارث بن كعب]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/239} ثم قدم خالد بوفدهم على النبي: [[person/qays-ibn-al-husayn-dhu-al-ghussa|قيس بن الحصين ذو الغصة]] و[[person/yazid-ibn-abd-al-madan|يزيد بن عبد المدان]] ويزيد بن المحجل وعبد الله بن قراد الزيادي وشداد بن عبد الله القناني وعمرو بن عبد الله الضبابي. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/240} ولما رآهم النبي قال: من هؤلاء القوم الذين كأنهم رجال الهند؟ وسألهم بم كانوا يغلبون من قاتلهم في الجاهلية فقالوا: كنا نجتمع ولا نفترق ولا نبدأ أحداً بظلم؛ قال: صدقتم. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/240} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241} وأمّر عليهم قيس بن الحصين، ورجعوا في بقية من شوال أو صدر ذي القعدة، فلم يمكثوا بعد رجوعهم إلا أربعة أشهر حتى توفي النبي. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241} وبعث إليهم النبي بعد وفدهم [[person/amr-ibn-hazm|عمرو بن حزم]] ليفقههم في الدين ويأخذ صدقاتهم وكتب له [[work/charge-to-amr-ibn-hazm|عهداً]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ما لم يُذكر هنا",
     "markdown": "نسبهم إلى مذحج وكعب بن عمرو، وشأنهم في نجران مع نصارى نجران، يُضاف من مصادر أخرى. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.498}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "group/banu-al-harith-ibn-kab",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A tribe from [[place/najran|Najran]]. The scholars say that Najran is a region between Yemen and Hajar. They embraced Islam at the hands of [[person/khalid-ibn-al-walid|Khalid ibn al-Walid]] in the year 10 AH, without fighting. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/239}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "In Ibn Hisham's biography",
     "markdown": "The Prophet sent Khalid to them in Rabi' al-Akhir or Jumada al-Ula of the year 10 AH, and ordered him to invite them to Islam three times before fighting them. Khalid sent riders in every direction calling out, \"People, embrace Islam and you will be safe\", and the people embraced Islam. Khalid stayed among them teaching them Islam, the Book of God and the Sunna of His Prophet. See [[event/mission-of-khalid-to-banu-al-harith|the mission of Khalid to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/239} Then Khalid brought their delegation to the Prophet: [[person/qays-ibn-al-husayn-dhu-al-ghussa|Qays ibn al-Husayn Dhu al-Ghussa]], [[person/yazid-ibn-abd-al-madan|Yazid ibn Abd al-Madan]], Yazid ibn al-Muhajjal, Abd Allah ibn Qurad al-Ziyadi, Shaddad ibn Abd Allah al-Qanani, and Amr ibn Abd Allah al-Dababi. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/240}\n\nWhen the Prophet saw them he said, \"Who are these people, who look like the men of India?\" He asked them how they had prevailed over those who fought them in the pre-Islamic period. They said: \"We used to gather and not separate, and we did not begin any man with injustice.\" He said: \"You have spoken truly.\" {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/240} {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241} He appointed Qays ibn al-Husayn over them, and they returned in the rest of Shawwal or early Dhu al-Qa'da. They did not remain after their return for more than four months before the Prophet died. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241} After their delegation, the Prophet sent [[person/amr-ibn-hazm|Amr ibn Hazm]] to them to teach them the religion and collect their alms, and he wrote for him [[work/charge-to-amr-ibn-hazm|a letter of instructions]]. {cite:ibn-hisham-saqqa 4/241}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Not covered here",
     "markdown": "Their lineage to Madhhij and Ka'b ibn Amr, and their affairs in Najran with the Christians of Najran, are to be supplemented from other sources. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.498}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "group/banu-al-harith-ibn-kab",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
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   "note": "بنو الحارث بن كعب من مذحج بحسب المسعودي الذي يذكر أبا حارثة جدّ الحارث بن كعب بنجران",
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