al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi

Al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi. In a report of al-Baladhuri, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari sent him to the Asawira when they sided with the Kalbaniyya. ¹

Al-Rabi' fought them, then they asked for safe conduct on condition that they should embrace Islam, fight the Madus, form alliances with whomever they wished, and settle where they liked. ¹

He is al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad ibn Abd Allah ibn Sufyan ibn Nashib ibn Hidm ibn Awadh ibn Ghalib ibn Qutay'a ibn Abs al-Absi, a famous horseman, known as al-Harithi ². The entry reports that Abd Allah ibn Amir appointed him over Sijistan in the year 29 AH and it was conquered at his hands, and that his brother al-Muhajir ibn Ziyad was killed at Manadhir ². Al-Bukhari, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Hibban mention him among the Successors, and Ibn al-Kalbi reports on his life and poetry in the Jahiliyya ².

Al-Rabi' ibn Ziyad al-Harithi was one of the horsemen of the Khurasan conquests; Abd Allah ibn Amir appointed him over Sijistan in 29 AH and it was conquered at his hands, and he lived long into the days of Umar and after ².

• al-Isaba fi Tamyiz al-Sahaba, entries 2615-2616 (al-Maktaba al-Asriyya scan, p. 455); the entry lists him among the Successors and reports doubt about his having reached Islam except in al-Rishati's account — his Companionship is unsettled.
• The report of fighting the Asawira in al-Baladhuri stands on a single account and needs corroboration.