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Fatima bint al-Harith ibn Khalid

فاطمة بنت الحارث بن خالد

Daughter of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rayta, born in the land of Abyssinia; she is the only one of Rayta's children who survived.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
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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

Daughter of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rayta, born in the land of Abyssinia — the only one of Rayta's children to survive. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names her a "daughter" Rayta bore there who came back with her — none other of her children survived — and she is called Fatima. 1 He counts her among the five females born in Abyssinia. 1

Tribe

She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Taym ibn Murra 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • The phrase "she is called Fatima" is a marker of doubt in her naming.

Connections

Member of
Banu Taym ibn Murra
Child of
Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn SakhrRayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Sibling of
Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid

People and things also explored

A'isha bint al-Harith ibn KhalidZaynab bint al-Harith ibn KhalidAl-Harith ibn Khalid ibn SakhrMusa ibn al-Harith ibn KhalidRayta bint al-Harith ibn JubaylaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibBanu Taym ibn MurraAksum

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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Daughter of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rayta, born in the land of Abyssinia; she died on the road with her mother, her sister and her brother.