At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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
Son of Hatib ibn al-Harith and Fatima bint al-Mujallal; he came with his mother and brother in one of the two ships. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him son of Hatib ibn al-Harith alongside his brother al-Harith, saying their mother brought them in one of the two ships. 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Jumah 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The text does not state the two sons were born in Abyssinia, nor does it place them among the five "born there" (p. 11).
Connections
- Sibling of
- Al-Harith ibn Hatib
- Member of
- Banu Jumah
- Child of
- Hatib ibn al-Harith· Fatima bint al-Mujallal
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Al-Harith ibn Hatib· Hatib ibn al-Harith· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Fatima bint al-Mujallal· Aksum· Hattab ibn al-Harith· Fukayha bint Yasar· Jabir ibn Sufyan
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/7
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Hatib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-hatib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.