Abu Qays ibn al-Harith
أبو قيس بن الحارث
0632/0634
Of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia and was killed on the day of al-Yamama in Abu Bakr's caliphate.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia and was killed on the day of al-Yamama in Abu Bakr's caliphate. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him among Banu Sahm in "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", saying he was killed on the day of al-Yamama in Abu Bakr's caliphate. 1
Tribe
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Sahm
- Died in
- al-Yamama
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAl-Harith ibn al-Harith al-SahmiAl-Sa'ib ibn al-HarithBishr ibn al-Harith al-SahmiMahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-SahmiQays ibn Hudhafa
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Qays ibn al-Harith”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-qays-ibn-al-harith/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.