Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith
أبو سفيان بن الحارث
The Prophet's paternal cousin and milk-brother, fostered with him in Banu Sa'd under Halima's care; he later became one of the poets of Islam after initially opposing it.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Family, marriage and kinshipLiterature
Place in the story
- Family of the ProphetTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu HashimQuraysh
- Participated in
- The Battle of Hunayn
People and things also explored
Meccaal-Abbas ibn Abd al-MuttalibAbd al-Muttalib ibn HashimAbu LahabHashim ibn Abd ManafKhadija bint KhuwaylidThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-sufyan-ibn-al-harith/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.