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Mu'adh ibn al-Harith

معاذ بن الحارث

683 CE · 63 AH

Medina

A Khazraji Companion of Banu al-Najjar known as Abu Halima and called al-Qari; he witnessed the Trench and caught only six years of the Prophet ﷺ's lifetime, was at al-Jisr with Abu Ubayda, and was killed at al-Harra.

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At a glance

Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Identifiers
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Life in time

625650675700725750775 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr

In space

Medina

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Overview

Mu'adh ibn al-Harith ibn Rifa'a ibn al-Harith ibn Sawwad ibn Malik ibn Ghanm ibn Malik ibn al-Najjar, al-Ansari al-Najjari; his brothers were 'Awf, Rafi' and Rifa'a, their mother 'Afra' bint 'Ubayd, and his children were 'Ubaydallah, al-Harith, 'Awf and Salma. 1

Companionship

He witnessed both 'Aqaba pledges, and the Messenger of God paired him in brotherhood with Ma'mar ibn al-Harith al-Jumahi, one of the Badr veterans. He died in 35 AH. 1

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Lived in
Medina
Member of
The Companions· The Ansar· Banu al-Najjar· al-Khazraj
Participated in
The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)

People and things also explored

Haritha ibn al-Nu'man· Zayd ibn Thabit· Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi· Abu'l-Yusr Ka'b ibn Amr· al-Nu'man ibn Bashir al-Ansari· Amr ibn Kharija· Anas ibn Mu'adh· As'ad ibn Zurara

Sources

  1. Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.3873
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
  • al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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Haritha ibn al-Nu'man

Haritha ibn al-Nu'man al-Ansari of Banu al-Najjar, a Companion who fought at Badr, Uhud, the Trench and every campaign and stood firm at Hunayn. He kept moving out of his houses for the Prophet whenever he needed one, until the Prophet said he felt shy before him. In Fada'il al-Sahaba Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrates with sound chains Aisha's report that the Prophet heard him reciting in Paradise in a dream and said 'such is dutifulness' — he was the most dutiful of people to his mother — and Haritha's own report that he greeted the Prophet while Gabriel sat with him and Gabriel returned his greeting. He died in Mu'awiya's caliphate in 51 AH.