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Sahaba (Companions), Tabi'in (Successors), Hadith narrators, scholars and other historical figures from the early Islamic period and beyond.

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Hammād ibn Zayd al-Kindī
حماد هو ابن زيد
Narrator
699 CE – 767 CE · Kindah

Hammād ibn Zayd al-Kindī was a trustworthy Tabi‘i narrator from Kufa, renowned for his reliable transmission of hadith in early Islamic history.

Hamza
حمزة
Ansar

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Hamza bint Qays
حمزة بنت قيس
Ansar

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Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
حمزة بن عبد المطلب
d. 625 CE · Quraysh

Uncle of Muhammad who was a warrior and early supporter, killed in Battle of Uhud.

Hantamah bint Hisham
هَنتَمَة بِنْت هِشَام

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Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan
حنظلة بن أبي سفيان
Quraysh

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Hanzala ibn Abu Sufyan
d. 624 CE · Quraysh
Harb
Quraysh

Harb was one of the children of Umayya ibn Abd-Shams.

Harun al-Rashid
هارون الرشيد
763 CE – 809 CE

Harun al-Rashid was the Abbasid caliph who in 800 appointed Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab as hereditary Emir of Ifriqiya, founding the Aghlabid dynasty.

Harun ibn ʿAbd Allāh
هارون بن عبد الله
Quraysh

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Hasan ibn Ali
الحسن بن علي
Abu Muhammad
625 CE – 670 CE · Quraysh

Hasan ibn Ali was the son of Caliph Ali who abdicated the caliphate to Mu'awiya, ending the First Fitna temporarily.

Hasdai ibn Shaprut
حَسْدَاي بن شَبْرُوت

Served as financier and advisor to Abd al-Rahman III, managing revenues and diplomatic gifts.

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
هاشم بن عبد مناف
Quraysh

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf was a son of Abd Manaf and founder of the Banu Hashim clan, an important Quraysh lineage.

Hashim ibn Abd-Manaf
Quraysh

Hashim ibn Abd-Manaf was the uncle of Umayya ibn Abd-Shams and engaged in a rivalry with him.

Hassan II
الحسن الثاني
1929 CE – 1999 CE · Sharifian

Hassan II ruled from 1961 to 1999, known for authoritarian rule, the Green March, and limited political reforms.

Hatim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
حاتم بن عبد المطلب
Narrator
d. 641 CE · Quraysh

Hatim ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad from the Quraysh tribe, noted for his generosity and early acceptance of Islam.

Haywa ibn Khanzal
حَيْوَة بْنِ خَنْزَل
Kinda

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Heraclius
هرقل
Emperor
575 CE – 641 CE

Emperor of the Byzantine Empire who fought against early Muslim conquests.

Hilal
هلال
Banū Taym

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Hilāl ibn ʿUrwa
هلال بن عروة
Narrator
d. 738 CE · Banu Asad

Hilāl ibn ʿUrwa was a prominent tabiʿi and reliable hadith narrator from Kufa, known for transmitting traditions from his father and other early authorities.

Hind bint Abī Umayya (Umm Salama)
هند بنت أبي أمية (أم سلمة)
Umm Salama · umm al-muʾminīn
596 CE – 681 CE · Banū Makhzūm

Sixth wife of the Prophet ﷺ. From Banū Makhzūm of Quraysh. Widow of Abū Salama ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad (martyr of Uḥud). Married the Prophet ﷺ in Shawwāl 4 AH / 626 CE. Highly intelligent and respected — at Ḥudaybiyya, when the companions were reluctant to perform their sacrifice and shave their heads, the Prophet ﷺ took her advice and they immediately followed. A major hadith narrator (~378 reports). Last of the Prophet's wives to die.

Hind bint Al-Awwam
هند بنت العوام
Quraysh

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Hind bint Utbah
هند بنت عتبة
Quraysh

Meccan noblewoman, initially opponent of Muhammad, later converted to Islam; married to Abu Sufyan.

Hind bint ʿUtba
هند بنت عتبة
d. 636 CE · Banū Umayya

Wife of Abū Sufyān, mother of Muʿāwiya, daughter of ʿUtba ibn Rabīʿa (killed at Badr). Famously hired the Abyssinian slave Waḥshī ibn Ḥarb to assassinate Ḥamza at Uḥud in revenge for her father. Accepted Islam at the Conquest of Mecca; the Prophet ﷺ told her: "Whoever enters the house of Abū Sufyān is safe."

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
هشام بن عبد الملك
d. 743 CE

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph known for persecuting Muhammad al-Baqir and holding theological debates with him.

Hisham ibn al-Mughira
هشام بن المغيرة

A prominent leader of the Banu Makhzum in late 6th century Mecca whose death marked a Quraysh dating system. Head of the Banu Hisham, the leading house of the Mughira line.

Hishām ibn Yūsuf al-Kalbī
هشام بن يوسف
Narrator
al-Kalbī
d. 763 CE · Kalb

Hishām ibn Yūsuf al-Kalbī was a trustworthy hadith narrator of the third generation, known for his accurate transmission in many important isnāds.

Hishām ibn Zayd ibn Aslam
هشام بن زيد
Narrator
d. 728 CE · Quraysh

Hishām ibn Zayd ibn Aslam was a reliable tabiʿi narrator from Kufa, known for transmitting hadith from early authorities including his father Zayd ibn Aslam.

Hishām ibn Ḥassān
هشام بن حسان
Narrator
d. 743 CE

Hishām ibn Ḥassān was a trustworthy third-generation narrator who died in 125 AH (743 CE), known for his accurate hadith transmission.

Humam ibn Munabbih
همام بن منبه
Narrator
660 CE – 767 CE

Humam ibn Munabbih was an early Islamic scholar and Tabi'i known for his role in hadith transmission, particularly from Abu Hurayrah. He lived during the early Islamic era and was active in Yemen and Damascus.