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Muhammad ibn Hatib

محمد بن حاطب

Aksum

Son of Hatib ibn al-Harith and Fatima bint al-Mujallal; he arrived with his mother and brother in one of the ships.

Depth

At a glance

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

Aksum

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

Son of Hatib ibn al-Harith and Fatima bint al-Mujallal; he came with his mother and brother in one of the two ships. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him son of Hatib ibn al-Harith alongside his brother al-Harith, saying their mother brought them in one of the two ships. 1

Tribe

He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Jumah 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • The text does not state the two sons were born in Abyssinia, nor does it place them among the five "born there" (p. 11).

Connections

Sibling of
Al-Harith ibn Hatib
Member of
Banu Jumah
Child of
Hatib ibn al-HarithFatima bint al-Mujallal
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Traveled to
Aksum

People and things also explored

Al-Harith ibn HatibHatib ibn al-HarithReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibFatima bint al-MujallalAksumHattab ibn al-HarithFukayha bint YasarJabir ibn Sufyan

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
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Al-Harith ibn Hatib

Son of Hatib ibn al-Harith and Fatima bint al-Mujallal; he arrived with his mother and brother in one of the ships.