Nadr ibn al-Harith

Al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAlqama ibn Kalada ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Abd al-Dār ibn Quṣayy (Arabic: النضر إبن الحارث) (d. 624 CE) was an Arab pagan physician who is considered one of the greatest Qurayshi opponents to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was captured after the Battle of Badr as one of the pagan fighters and flag-bearers and was sentenced to death for his participation and persecution of Muhammed and Muslims in Mecca. The execution was conducted by Ali Ibn Abi Talib by beheading him in front of Muhammad and companions at as-Safra', before they had returned to Medina from the battle.

According to the Seerah, two captives – Al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith and 'Uqbah ibn Abū Mu'ayṭ were executed during this event, the former by Ali and the latter by Asim bin Thabit Al-Ansari. According to Professor Sarah Bowen Savant, the event is claimed to have inspired Nadr's relative Qutayla to compose an elegy on his death, upbraiding Muhammad for the execution.