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 ==Names and Parentage==
-His best-known name is Malik. Some have said that his father's name was Mālik and his title was Tayyahān, and some believe that his father's name was Tayyahān.
+His best-known name is Malik. Some have said that his father's name was Malik and his title was Tayyahan, and some believe that his father's name was Tayyahan.
-His parentage is not clearly known; in most of the sources he is said to belong to the Banī Za'ur 'Abd al-'Ashhal clan from the 'Aws tribe. Some hold that he was from the clan of Qaḍā'a and Ḥalīf b. 'Abd al-'Ashhal. His brother, 'Ubayd or Utayk, fought in the war of Badr with Muslims and was killed in the war of 'Uḥud. Some have confused Abu al-Haytham with his brother.
+His parentage is not clearly known; in most of the sources he is said to belong to the Bani Za'ur 'Abd al-'Ashhal clan from the 'Aws tribe. Some hold that he was from the clan of Quda'a and Halif b. 'Abd al-'Ashhal. His brother, 'Ubayd or Utayk, fought in [[the battle of Badr]] with Muslims and was killed in [[the battle of Uhud]]. Some have confused Abu l-Haytham with his brother.
 ==Before Islam==