Hassan ibn Thabit
Arabian poet and companion of Muhammad
Hassan ibn Thabit (Arabic: حسان بن ثابت) (born c. 563, Medina died 674) was an Arabian poet and one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who was best known for poems in defense of the prophet.
He was born in Medina, and was a member of the Banu Khazraj tribe. He was married to a woman, Sirin, who was the sister of the Prophet Muhammad's wife, Maria al-Qibtiyya.
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.
Life
According to Islamic tradition Ḥassān lived for 120 years, sixty years before converting to Islam and another sixty thereafter. In his youth he traveled to Al-Hirah and Damascus, then he settled in Medina, where, after Muhammad's arrival, he accepted Islam and wrote poems in his defense.
Poetic Career
Hassan bin Thabit wrote more than two thousand satires and elegies. He is said to have written about 1,000 poems of three to twenty lines.
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