Abu Mahdhura: Difference between revisions

There's a disagreement in the exact names of his and his father. Different records of historians and biographers make the ultimate conclusion over their exact names difficult. Some accounts present him as Samura or with some other names; however regarding the name of his father, it is mainly a matter of wrong dictation. Even in some sources, Aws or Anis has been reported as the brother of Abu Mahdhura, and that he was one of pagans killed in [[the battle of Badr]]; according to [[Ibn 'abbas]], this person was among those who were referred to as Muqtasimin, in verse 90 of [[Sura al-Hijr]](15:90)<ref>15:90 :كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى المُقْتَسِمِينَ (such as we send down for those who make division</ref>.