What is Hatim al-Tai?
{{uncat|date=January 2025}} '''Hatim al-Tai''' ({{lang-ar|حاتم الطائي}}, 'Hatim of the Tayy tribe'; died 578), full name '''Ḥātim bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Saʿd aṭ-Ṭāʾiyy''' ({{lang-ar|حاتم بن عبد الله بن سعد الطائي}}) was an [[Arab]] [[knight]], chieftain of the Tayyi tribe of [[Arabia]], ruler of Shammar, and [[poet]] who lived in the last half of the sixth into the beginning of the seventh century.<ref>{{cite book|last=van Arendonk|first=Cornelis|title=E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xd5VonTOppMC&pg=PA290|year=1987|publisher=[[E. J. Brill]]|isbn=9789004082656|page=290}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6z3DwAAQBAJ&dq=Hatim+al-Tai+was+a+Shammar+ruler&pg=PT91 | title=Behind the Kingdom's Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman | isbn=9781642503456 | last1=Koelbl | first1=Susanne | date=15 September 2020 | publisher=Mango Media }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtTnQc5HULoC&dq=Arab+chieftain+of+the+tribe+of+Tai+who+was+famous+for+his+generosity,+Hatim+al+Tai&pg=PT199 | title=The Complete Book of Muslim & Parsi Names | isbn=9788184750546 | last1=Gandhi | first1=Menka | date=16 October 2004 | publisher=Penguin UK }}</ref> Today he is best known for his altruism.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://destinationksa.com/historic-saudi-arabias-legendary-almsgiver-hatem-al-tai/ | title=Arabia's Legendary Almsgiver Hatem al Tai - Destination KSA | date=4 May 2015 }}</ref> Additionally, he is known to be a model of Arab manliness.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWaKYEDfjXwC&dq=hatim+means+crow&pg=PA789 | title=The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights | date=26 August 2009 | publisher=Random House Publishing | isbn=9780307417015 }}</ref> His name ''Hatim'' means 'black [[crow]]' in Arabic.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aWaKYEDfjXwC&dq=hatim+means+crow&pg=PA789 | title=The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Night