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

1. "Surya Sahasranam" (PDF). Stotras to the Planets - Navagraha Stotras (in Sanskrit). sanskrit.safire.com. p. 4.
2. "Babynames Boys". Names H I. yourbabysname.com.
3. Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, Kitab al-Amwal (The Book of Revenue), p. 203
4. Islamproject.org
5. Islamicstudy.org
6. Charles Kurzman, Liberal Islam, p. 172
7. Norman Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book, p. 117