Hassan ibn Thabit
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Hassan ibn Thabit (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the Sahaba, or companions of Muhammad. He was born in Yathrib (Medina), and was member of the Banu Khazraj tribe.
In his youth he traveled to Al-Hirah and Damascus, then settled in Medina, where, after the advent of Muhammad, he accepted Islam and wrote poems in defence of him. He was one of the best poets of the time, who would often win poetry competitions and the like. He was a prime example of how the early Muslims were able to use their pre-Islam talents for the cause of Islam.
Muhammad gave Hassan his slave [[Sirin (Islamic history)|Sirin, the sister of Muhammad's wife (or concubine) Maria al-Qibtiyya. The sisters were Egyptian Coptic Christians sent as gifts to Muhammad by Muqawqis, a ruler of Egypt, in around 628. Sirin bore Hassan a son, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hassan.[1]
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- ^ Tabari, p. 131.
Hassan ibn Thabit (radiaallahu anhu) (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the Sahaba, or companions of prophet Muhammad ( peac be upon him ) . He was born in Yathrib (Medina), and was member of the Banu Khazraj tribe.
In his youth he traveled to Al-Hirah and Damascus, then settled in Medina, where, after the advent of prophet Muhammad peac be upon him , he accepted Islam and wrote poems in defence of him. He was one of the best poets of the time, who would often win poetry competitions and the like. He was a prime example of how the early Muslims were able to use their pre-Islam talents for the cause of Islam.
prophet Muhammad ( peac be upon him ) gave Hassan bin thabit ( radia allahuanhu) his servent [[Sirin (Islamic history)|Sirin, the sister of prophet Muhammad's wife Maria al-Qibtiyya. The sisters were Egyptian Coptic Christians sent as gifts to prophet Muhammad by Muqawqis, a ruler of Egypt, in around 628. Sirin bore Hassan (radiaallahu anhu) a son, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hassan.[1]
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Tabari (1997). Vol. 8 of the Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk. State University of New York Press.
