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 Rayta, born in the land of Abyssinia — the only one of Rayta's children to survive. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
She belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Taym ibn Murra 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The phrase "she is called Fatima" is a marker of doubt in her naming.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Taym ibn Murra
- Child of
- Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr· Rayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Sibling of
- Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid
People and things also explored
A'isha bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Zaynab bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr· Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid· Rayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu Taym ibn Murra· Aksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Fatima bint al-Harith ibn Khalid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/fatima-bint-al-harith-ibn-khalid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.