Anonymous user
Ka'b al-Ahbar: Difference between revisions
→Biography
imported>S.J.Mosavi mNo edit summary |
imported>Pourghorbani |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Ka'b b. Mati' al-Himyari al-Yamani was one of the [[Tabi'un]].<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 5, p. 228.</ref> His [[kunya]] was Abu Ishaq.<ref>Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 397.</ref> He was a prominent Jewish scholar in [[Yemen]] during the period of [[Jahiliyya]].<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 5, p. 228.</ref> According to some historians, he could discern the accuracy or inaccuracy of what was attributed to the Bible.<ref>Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 397.</ref> | Ka'b b. Mati' al-Himyari al-Yamani was one of the [[Tabi'un]].<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 5, p. 228.</ref> His [[kunya]] was Abu Ishaq.<ref>Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 397.</ref> He was a prominent Jewish scholar in [[Yemen]] during the period of [[Jahiliyya]].<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 5, p. 228.</ref> According to some historians, he could discern the accuracy or inaccuracy of what was attributed to the Bible.<ref>Dhahabī, ''Tārīkh al-Islām'', vol. 3, p. 397.</ref> | ||
In the period of the Second Caliph, he went to [[Medina]] where he stayed.<ref>Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 5, p. 38.</ref> And in the period of the [['Uthman b. 'Affan|Third Caliph]], he went to [[Syria]] and stayed in [[Homs]] where he died in [[32]]/652- | In the period of the Second Caliph, he went to [[Medina]] where he stayed.<ref>Ibn al-Jawzī, ''al-Muntaẓam'', vol. 5, p. 38.</ref> And in the period of the [['Uthman b. 'Affan|Third Caliph]], he went to [[Syria]] and stayed in [[Homs]] where he died in [[32]]/652-3<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 7, p. 309.</ref> or 34/654-5.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 11, p. 627.</ref> | ||
He was known as "Ka'b al-Ahbar". "Al-Ahbar" is the plural form of "al-hibr" (Arabic: {{ia|الحِبْر}}) which means a religious scholar.<ref>Farāhīdī, ''al-ʿAyn'', vol. 3, p. 218.</ref> Ka'b quoted frequently from the [[Torah]], referring to it as the "Book of Allah".<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 10, p. 409.</ref> | He was known as "Ka'b al-Ahbar". "Al-Ahbar" is the plural form of "al-hibr" (Arabic: {{ia|الحِبْر}}) which means a religious scholar.<ref>Farāhīdī, ''al-ʿAyn'', vol. 3, p. 218.</ref> Ka'b quoted frequently from the [[Torah]], referring to it as the "Book of Allah".<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 10, p. 409.</ref> | ||