Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith

Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith (c.566-c.640) was a first cousin and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Biography Rabiʿa ibn al-Harith ibn ʿAbd al-Muttalib was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, and was about two years older than his uncle Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. Before Islam he worked as a merchant, sometimes in partnership with Uthman ibn Affan.

He did not take part in the Battle of Badr with Quraysh because he was away on a trading journey in Syria. Rabiʿa embraced Islam around the time of the Battle of the Trench, migrating to Medina together with his uncle al-ʿAbbas and his brother Nawfal ibn al-Harith. At Khaybar, Muhammad allotted him 100 wasqs of produce annually and praised him, saying:

Rabiʿa was present at the Conquest of Mecca, He later lived in Medina and died there in 23 AH (644 CE) during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab. Some reports place his death earlier, in 13 AH.

Family He was a son of Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib of the Hashim clan of the Quraysh in Mecca.

He married his cousin Umm al-Hakam bint al-Zubayr and they had nine children.

He is involved in the Hadith of the ten promised paradise.

Rabi'ah died after 636 but before 644.