Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi was among the
narrators of hadith
Biographical evaluation ( ar, عِلْمُ الرِّجال, ʿilm al-rijāl; literally meaning'' 'Knowledge of Men' , ''but more commonly understood as the ''Science of Narrators)'' refers to a discipline of Islamic religious studies within ha ...
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name
He was the son of
Rabi ibn Sabra Rabi' ibn Sabrah al-Juhani (Arabic: ربيع بن سبرة الجهني) was among the narrators of hadith. His father ( Sabrah ibn Ma'bad) is one of the companions of Muhammad, thus he was a Tabi‘in.Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
Rabi lived in Medina. His ...
, and reported the
hadith of Sabra reporting on the prohibition of Mut'ah on his fathers authority. Although this hadith qualified into
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...
, some have questioned his reliability as a narrator.
Legacy
Sunni view
states:
Zad al-Ma'ad ''Zad al-Ma'ad Fi Hadyi Khair Al 'Ibaad'' ( ar, زاد المعاد في هدي خير العباد) is a 5-volume book, translated as Provisions of the Hereafter in the Guidance of the Best of Servants, written by the Islamic scholar Ibn al-Qayyim ...
vo1.2 pg. 184
References
Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in hadith narrators
8th-century Arabs
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