Nāfiʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kalada al-Thaqafī ( ar, نَـافِـع ابْـن الْـحَـارِث ابْـن كَـلَـدة الـثَّـقَـفِي) (died 13 AH / 634 – 635 CE)) was an

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physician of the Banu Thaqif. He was recommended by

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...

, and treated

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and

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

. When the latter was dying, he designated his illness as poisoning.

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Trained in

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, he is reported to have written a book named ''Dialog in Medicine''. He was also a student and teacher at the Academy of Gundishapur in

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. He was half brother of

Abu Bakra al-Thaqafi Abū Bakra al-Thaqafī ( ar, أبو بكرة الثقفي) better known as Nufayʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ( ar, نُـفَـيْـع ابْـن الْـحَـارِث) was the half brother of Nafi ibn al-Harith. He is known for his dispute with another I ...

(also known as Nufay ibn al-Harith). Some historians maintain that he received his medical education at the Jundishapur medical school of

where he learnt the teachings of Aristotle and

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Companions of the Prophet Physicians of the medieval Islamic world 670 deaths 7th-century physicians Abu Bakr Year of birth unknown Banu Thaqif {{MEast-bio-stub

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