Depth
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
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 al-Harith ibn Khalid and Rita bint al-Harith; he was born in the land of Abyssinia and perished on the road. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Taym ibn Murra 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- On p. 10 Ibn Ishaq places him among "those who perished in the land of Abyssinia", and on p. 11 says he perished "on the road" — an unremarked discrepancy.
Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr· Rayta bint al-Harith ibn Jubayla· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu Taym ibn Murra· A'isha bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Fatima bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Zaynab bint al-Harith ibn Khalid· Aksum
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/10
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Musa ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/musa-ibn-al-harith-ibn-khalid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-12.