Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (الحارث بن عبد المطلب) was one of the uncles of Muhammad. He was the son of Abd al-Muttalib, of the Quraysh in Mecca, by his first wife, Sumra bint Jundab, who was from Hawazin tribe. For a long time his father, who took from him the kunya Abu al-Harith, had no other children.

It is said that al-Harith assisted Abd al-Muttalib with the excavation of the Zamzam Well by carrying away the dug earth. Al-Harith had many children by some wives.

Family
By Ghaziyya bint Qays from Banu ib (al-Harith) ibn Fihr, he had five children:


 * 1) Nawfal was his eldest son. He became a Muslim after being captured at the Battle of Badr and died in 635. He married Zariba bint Sa'id ibn Qashib from Banu Azd and had many children.
 * 2) Rabī‘ah was born c.566 and converted to Islam during the Battle of the Trench. He married Umm al-Hakam bint al-Zubayr, his paternal cousin, and had many children. He outlived all his brothers but had died by 644.
 * 3) Abū Sufyān (Mughīrah). He became a Muslim during the Conquest of Mecca and died in 636.
 * 4) Abd Allah, became a Muslim before 630. He died in Muhammad's lifetime, in 624. His children lived after him in Syria.
 * 5) Arwā, she married Abu Wida'a ibn Sabara. and had many children. She died in 636.

By Sukhayla bint Khuza'i from Banu Thaqif, he had children:


 * 1) Ubayda, married Sa'da bint Kurayz (his cousin) and had many children. He died in 624.
 * 2) Tufayl, was born in 583. He died in 653. He married Atika (Barra) bint Kurayz (his cousin) and had children named Fatima, Abd Allah and Amir.
 * 3) Husayn, died in 653. He married Umm Abd Allah (Arwa) bint Adi ibn Khuwaylid from Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza. By her, he had children named Abd Allah, Khadija, and Hind.
 * 4) Qays, married Umm Sufyan (Hamina/Habiba) bint Abi Talha from Banu Abd al-Dar. By her, he had children named Sufyan, Abd Allah, and Zaynab.
 * 5) Abd al-Muttalib
 * 6) Murrah.

By Safiyya bint al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib, from Banu Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza. By her, he had children:


 * 1) Buhayna, married Malik ibn al-Qashib and had sons named Jubayr and Abd Allah.
 * 2) Ubda, married Malik ibn Jundab and had daughters named Zaynab, Jamila, and Fatima.
 * 3) Umayya.
 * 4) Awf.
 * 5) Abd Shams.

Al-Harith outlived his brother Abdullah, who died in late 570 or early 571, but he died before his father, who died in 579.

Abd al-Muttalib said, that Ghaziyya bint Qays (ibn Tareef/Turayf ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Amir ibn Umayra ibn Wadi'a bin al-Harith ibn Fihr) was the eldest wife of his first son.

Family tree

 * * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
 * Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.