Hassan ibn Thabit
حسان بن ثابت
The renowned 'Poet of the Prophet'; an Ansari chief of Banu al-Najjar who defended Islam and the Prophet with his eloquent poetry, endorsed by the Prophet with the supplication 'O God, support him with the Holy Spirit'; lived to over a hundred years.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveLiterature
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
- PoettowardMuhammad · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Historical
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The Ansar· Banu Khazraj
- Participated in
- The Incident of the Slander (Hadith al-Ifk)· Uyayna ibn Hisn's raid on Banu Tamim
People and things also explored
Medina· Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal· Muhammad· The Muhajirun· Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram· Abdullah ibn Atik· al-Abbas ibn Ubada· al-Bara ibn Ma'rur
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hassan ibn Thabit”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hassan-ibn-thabit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.