Hassan Ibn Thabit (Arabic
Hassan Ibn Thabit (Arabic
Hassan Ibn Thabit (Arabic
Hassan ibn Thabit (Arabic: ( )ﺣﺴﺎن ﺑﻦ ﺛﺎﺑﺖborn c. 563, Medina died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of
the Sahaba, or companions of Muhammad, hence he was best known for his poems in defense of the Islamic
prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad was so happy with Hassan Ibn Thabit that he ordered to Hassan ibn Thabit's name in Islamic
establish and construct for him a minbar-pulpit for him to stand upon calligraphy
when he delivered his poetry. Muhammad prayed for him saying that Personal
the Angel Gabriel will support you as long as you preach the message
Born c. 563 CE
of Allah and defend His Prophet.
Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia
He is also the original writer of the famous nasheed "As subhu bada Died 674 (aged 110–111)
min tala'atihi". Medina, Umayyad
Caliphate
He is the earliest known person to mention the events of the Khumm
pond, where he mentions that Muhammad appointed Ali as his Religion Islam
successor.[2] Spouse Sirin bint Shamun
Children Abdul-Rahman ibn
Hassan
Contents Relations Banu Khazraj
Life
Notes
See also
References
Life
According to Islamic tradition Hassan lived for 120 years, sixty years before converting to Islam and another
sixty thereafter.[3] In his youth he traveled to Al-Hirah and Damascus, then he settled in Medina, where, after
Mohammad's arrival, he accepted Islam and wrote poems in his defense.[1][4]
Notes
1. Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Ḥassān ibn Thābit" (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_
Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/%E1%B8%A4ass%C4%81n_ibn_Th%C4%81bit). In
Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
p. 51.
2. Ibn Thabit, Hassan. Diwan of Hassan Ibn Thabit. Edited by Walid N. ʿArafat. E. J. W. Gibb
Memorial Series. 2 vols. London: Luzac, 1971.
3. Thomas Patrick Hughes, 1885/1999 rept., Dictionary of Islam, New Delhi: Rupa & Co.
4. Tabari, p. 131.
See also
Hasan (name)
Thabit (name)
Sunni view of the Sahaba
References
Tabari (1997). Vol. 8 of the Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk. State University of New York Press.
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