Harith
Harith is a Sanskrit word, meaning Green color and refers to one of the Surya's seven horses.[1][2]
Banu Harith (Arabic: بنو الحارث Banu Āl Ḥarith or Arabic: بنو الحريث Banu Āl Ḥorayth; Hebrew: בני חוּרית Bnei Chorath) is one of the Jewish[3][4][5][6][7] tribes of Arabia.
Harith or Haris is a common Arabic name (Arabic: حارس و حارث), Harith meaning "the lion which digs the earth" and Haris meaning "guardian or guard", and may refer to:
- Harith al-Dhari (born 1941), Sunni Arab cleric, and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars
- Harith Gassani, contemporary of Muhammad, and Governor of Syria
- Harith Ibn Hilliza Ul-Yashkuri, 5th century pre-Islamic Arabian poet
- Harith ibn Harb, brother of the man who would be Muhammad's arch enemy, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
- Harith ibn Rab'i, one of the companions of Muhammad
- Harith ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, one of the uncles of Muhammad, and a Sahaba
See also
- Hareth (disambiguation)
- Arethas (disambiguation), the Greek form of the Arabic name Harith
- Aretas (disambiguation), another spelling of the Greek form
References
- ↑ "Surya Sahasranam" (PDF). Stotras to the Planets - Navagraha Stotras (in Sanskrit). sanskrit.safire.com. p. 4.
- ↑ "Babynames Boys". Names H I. yourbabysname.com.
- ↑ Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, Kitab al-Amwal (The Book of Revenue), p. 203
- ↑ Islamproject.org
- ↑ Islamicstudy.org
- ↑ Charles Kurzman, Liberal Islam, p. 172
- ↑ Norman Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book, p. 117
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