Harith ibn Harb

Harith ibn Harb ( _ar. حارث بن حرب) was the son of the 7th century Arabian Meccan leader Harb ibn Umayya, thus he was also the brother of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, the man who would be Muhammad's arch enemy, but adopt Islam after the Conquest of Mecca The Sealed Nectar [http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0033P0017.aspx The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge] on sunnipath.com] .

He had trade relations with Sa'd ibn Ubadah, the chief of the Banu Khazraj and Harith helped Sa'd when the later was captured by the Meccans after the Second pledged at al-Aqabah

Saffiyah bint ‘Abd al-Muttalib, one of Muhammad's paternal aunts, was the wife of Harith ibn Harb. She then married Awwam ibn Khuwaylid, for whom she bore Zubayr ibn al-Awwam [Becons of light on al-shia.org [http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/books/becons-of-light/30.htm] ] .

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