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Zaynab bint al-Harith ibn Khalid

زينب بنت الحارث بن خالد

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.

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

Daughter of al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rita; born in the land of Abyssinia, she perished on the road with her mother, her sister and her brother. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names her one of two daughters Rita bore there, saying they perished with their mother and their brother Musa from water they drank on the road. 1 He counts her among the five females born in Abyssinia. 1

Tribe

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

Connections

Sibling of
Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid
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

People and things also explored

A'isha bint al-Harith ibn KhalidFatima 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.