Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet
عبد الله بن الحارث الشاعر
Of Banu Sahm, whom Ibn Ishaq calls 'the poet'; he emigrated to Abyssinia and died there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
- PoetTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Of Banu Sahm, described by Ibn Ishaq as "the poet"; he emigrated to Abyssinia and died there. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The book's manuscripts have "Sa'id" instead of "Sa'd" in the lineage of Banu Adi ibn Sa'd ibn Sahm — a corruption, per the book's editors; al-Suhayli (quoted in the note on p. 8) says others disagree: it is Sa'd, or Sa'id ibn Sahm the brother of Sa'd.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Sahm
- Died in
- Aksum
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAl-Harith ibn al-Harith al-SahmiBishr ibn al-Harith al-SahmiMahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-SahmiQays ibn HudhafaRamla bint Abi AwfThe second migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/10
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-al-harith-sahmi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.