Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr
الحارث بن خالد بن صخر
A Companion of Banu Taym ibn Murra; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Rayta and arrived in the two ships.
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 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
A Companion of Banu Taym ibn Murra; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Rayta and arrived in the two ships. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Taym ibn Murra 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- A conflict in the book: Rayta is said on p. 5 to have "perished in the land of Abyssinia" and on p. 11 to have "perished on the road"; see Rayta.
Connections
- Parent of
- A'isha bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Fatima bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid· Zaynab bint al-Harith ibn Khalid
- Member of
- Banu Taym ibn Murra
- Spouse of
- Rayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Rayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid· Banu Taym ibn Murra· A'isha bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Fatima bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Zaynab bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Aksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/10
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-harith-ibn-khalid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.