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Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid

موسى بن الحارث بن خالد

Son of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rayta bint al-Harith, born in the land of Abyssinia; he died on the road.

Depth

At a glance

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

Son of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rita bint al-Harith; he was born in the land of Abyssinia and perished on the road. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him among "the children" who perished in the land of Abyssinia, of Banu Taym. 1 Elsewhere he says he perished on the road with his mother and his two sisters, from water they drank. 2 He counts him among the five men born in the land of Abyssinia. 2

Tribe

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

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • On p. 10 Ibn Ishaq places him among "those who perished in the land of Abyssinia", and on p. 11 says he perished "on the road" — an unremarked discrepancy.

Connections

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

People and things also explored

Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn SakhrRayta bint al-Harith ibn JubaylaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibBanu Taym ibn MurraA'isha bint al-Harith ibn KhalidFatima bint al-Harith ibn KhalidZaynab bint al-Harith ibn KhalidAksum

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/10
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr

A Companion of Banu Taym ibn Murra; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Rayta and arrived in the two ships.