Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (Arabic: كعب الأحبار, full name Abū Isḥāq Kaʿb ibn Maniʿ al-Ḥimyarī (Arabic: ابو اسحاق كعب بن مانع الحميري) was a 7th-century Yemenite Jew...
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Ka'b, Kaab or Kab (Arabic: كعب ka‘b) is an Arabic male given name. People named Ka'b include: Ka'ab al-Ahbar Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf Ka'b ibn Asad Ka'b ibn...
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but the sacred Rock was found with the help of a converted Jew, Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Ahbar advised Umar to build a mosque to the north of the rock, so that...
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Dome of the Rock (redirect from Masjid Al Sakhrah)
by the Arab armies of Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. Umar was advised by Ka'b al-Ahbar, a Jewish rabbi who converted to...
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reached its brain; it also claims to be an anecdote on authority of Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (d. 650s A.D.), a convert considered the earliest informant of Jewish-Muslim...
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origin, related to earlier narrators, such as Wahb ibn Munabbih and Ka'b al-Ahbar, whose authority was still retained by earlier Sunni scholars, such...
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Ka’b al-Aḥbār was asked about dhū l-qarnayn, and he said: ‘We hold it to be correct from the knowledge of our [Jewish] religious authorities (aḥbār)...
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al-Kalbi, 'Awana ibn al-Hakam, Nasr b. Muzahim, al-Mada'ini, 'Urwa b. al-Zubayr, al-Zuhri, Ibn Ishaq, Waqidi, Wahb b. Munabbih, Ka'b al-Ahbar, Ibn al-Matni...
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Ka'b al-Ahbar also came from Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. This narration also transmitted from Hasan al-Basri, to his son, Yazid, until ended on Diya al-Din...
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rely on transmitters including Ka'b al-Ahbar, Ibn Abbas, Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Ishaq and others. In the Qissat al-Iskandar, Alexander the Great is depicted...
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considers at least details of the story to be fabricated (mawḍūʿ) by Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Suyuti traces the story back as ḥadīṯ attributed to Muhammad. Tabari...
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Another transmitter who Alexander traditions are attributed to was Ka'b al-Ahbar. The Sīrat al-Iskandar (Life of Alexander) is a 13th-century popular Arabic-language...
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Tribes of Yemen (section al-Aulaqi)
Dhu’ayb, Ka'b Al-Ahbar Review Mahmoud Abbasi Al-Sharq Cooperative Press, Jerusalem, p. 25 Al-Tirmidhi, Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3935 Al-Mufassal...
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primary transmitters are given as Ka'b al-Ahbar, Ibn 'Abbas, Muqatil ibn Sulayman, 'Abd al-Malik al-Mashuni, and 'Abd al-Malik b. Zayd. An English translation...
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Temple Mount (section Al-Aqsa Mosque)
but the sacred Rock was found with the help of a converted Jew, Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Ahbar advised Umar to build a mosque to the north of the rock, so that...
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like Ibn 'Abbas and Kaʽb al-Aḥbār, he was an authority for many legends narrated by Al-Ṭabari, Mas'udi, and others. The "Kitab al-Isra'iliyat", or "Book...
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History of the Prophets and Kings (redirect from Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk)
pen and paper Information about Zayd al-Khayr Information about Utbah ibn Ghazwan Information about Ka’b al-Ahbar Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr being the first...
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the Muslim and Jewish accounts, a prominent Jewish convert to Islam, Ka'b al-Ahbar, recommended that Umar pray behind the Holy Rock so that both qiblas...
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but the sacred Rock was found with the help of a converted Jew, Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Ahbar advised Umar to build a mosque to the north of the rock, so that...
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transmitted by later Muslim scholars, were ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām (d. 663), Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (d. c. 652), and Wahb ibn Munabbih (d. c. 730); their information underpinned...
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writer al-Tabari has Kaʿb al-Aḥbār, a Jewish convert to Islam, asking the caliph Umar to build a mosque over the rock, to which Umar responds, "O Ka'b, you...
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Abu Hurayra (redirect from Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr)
Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and Ka'b al-Ahbar. It is said by Abu Hurairah himself the only one who surpassed him regarding hadith were Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As, another...
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presence of the caliph, Abu Dharr launched an angry verbal attack on Ka'ab al-Ahbar, who had backed Uthman's use of public money. Uthman now chided Abu Dharr...
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New York: Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 0415053773. Schmitz, M. (1974). "KaʿB al-Aḥbār,". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). Brill Academic Publishers...
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literature as prophets. The work often cites ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salām (d. 663), Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (d. c. 652), and Wahb ibn Munabbih (d. c. 730), who were understood...
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hadith during this period.[citation needed] Ubay ibn Ka'b (? – 22 AH) Ibn Mas'ud (? – 32 AH) Ka'ab al-Ahbar (? – 32 AH) Wahb ibn Munabbih (? – 34 AH) Ali (23...
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ʾl-Qarnayn tradition. Al-Ṣūrī cites Kaʿb al-Aḥbār and Wahb ibn Munabbih as his major sources. He also sometimes cites Abu ʾl-Ḥasan al-Bakrī [it]. In general...
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one to do so was Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamdani, who only said: “Tyre: its input is to Damascus, and its output is to Jordan.” Ka’b al-Ahbar said: “Whoever among...
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Ibn Manzur (redirect from Ibn al-Manzur)
vols.,20 Dar Sadir, Beirut; 1955 - 1956, vols.,15. Ādāb al-Ḥawza, Iran; 1984, vols.,18 Aḫbār Abī Nuwās, a bio-bibliography of the Arabic-Persian poet...
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Joseph ibn Bulat (c. 1500–1550), Spanish Talmudist and rabbi Ka'ab al-Ahbar, Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ben Mati, (?–652/653) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one...
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