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.
Hassan was married to Sirin, the sister of Muhammad's wife (or concubine) Maria al-Qibtiyya. The sisters were Egyptian Coptic Christian slaves sent as gifts to Muhammad by Muqawqis, a ruler of Egypt, in around 628. Their son was 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hassan.[1]
Notes
- ^ Tabari, p. 131.
References
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.
