Banu al-Harith ibn Fihr

بنو الحارث بن فهر

A batn of Quraysh descended from al-Harith ibn Fihr ibn Malik, uncle-peer of Qusayy; from them Suhayl ibn Amr of the Hudaybiyya treaty 1 2.

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Region
Arabia

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Member of
Quraysh

People and things also explored

al-Hums· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· The Battle of Badr· The Battle of Uhud· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
  2. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
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al-Hums

The Hums: the self-styled ‘rigorous’ fraternity of Quraysh and allies who invented Hajj innovations — shunning ‘Arafa, Rafm clothes, naked tawaf, back-door entry in ihram.