At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Family, marriage and kinshipLiterature
Place in the story
- Family of the ProphetTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (may God be pleased with him) ibn Abd al-Muttalib al-Hashimi was the Prophet ﷺ's cousin and his foster-brother among Banu Sa'd ibn Bakr, at Halima's house 1 2.
In the birth chapter of The Sealed Nectar
When the book lists the Prophet's foster-brothers in Banu Sa'd, after the sons of al-Harith ibn Abd al-Uzza it mentions his cousin Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib 1 2. He is the son of al-Harith, the eldest of the sons of Abd al-Muttalib 3.
What is not covered here
This chapter does not deal with his early opposition to the call, his conversion shortly before the conquest of Mecca, or his poetry. What the data record says about these comes from other sources, and it will be completed when the museum reaches those points in the book.
For young visitors
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith was the Prophet's cousin. He was nursed beside him at Halima's in the desert, and so became his foster-brother.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Hashim· Quraysh
- Participated in
- The Battle of Hunayn
People and things also explored
Mecca· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim· Abu Lahab· Hashim ibn Abd Manaf· Khadija bint Khuwaylid· The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)· Banu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.55
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya , 1/19
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.52
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-sufyan-ibn-al-harith/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.