Hassan ibn Thabit

Ḥassān ibn Thābit (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (born c. 563, Medina died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the Sahaba, or companions of Muhammad, who was best known for poems in defense of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Hassan ibn Thabit
حسان بن ثابت
Personal
Bornc. 564 CE
Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia
Died674(674-00-00) (aged 110–111)
Medina, Umayyad Caliphate
ReligionIslam
SpouseSirin bint Shamun
ChildrenAbdul-Rahman ibn Hassan
OccupationPoet
RelationsBanu Khazraj (from Azd)

He was born in Medina, and was a member of the Banu Khazraj tribe.[1] Muhammad gave him a slave, Sirin as a concubine.

His writings in defense of Muhammad refer to contemporary events that have been useful in documenting the period. He was also Islam's first religious poet.

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainThatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Ḥassān ibn Thābit". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 51.