(Friday Sermon - February 8, 2019 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Harith bin Anas Ansari’s^(ra) name was Hazrat Umme Shareek^(ra) and his father’s name was Anas bin Rafay. His mother also had the honour of accepting Islam and entering into the Bai‘at [pledge of allegiance] of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Hazrat Harith^(ra) belonged to the Banu Abdi Ashal branch of the Aus tribe. He participated in the battles of Badr and Uhud and was martyred in the latter. During the Battle of Uhud, Hazrat Harith^(ra) was among those few companions^(ra) who remained on the mount with Hazrat Abdullah bin Jubair^(ra) and as a result of this he was martyred. (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3, p. 334, Harith bin Nu‘man(ra), 362, Abdullah bin Jubair(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990) (Al-Tabaqaat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 8, p. 277, Umm-e-Shareek(ra), Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)