Wahb ibn Munabbih
Wahb ibn Munabbih | |
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وهب بن منبه | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 34 AH / 654–655 CE Dhamar, Yemen, Rashidun Caliphate |
| Died | 110 AH / 728–729 CE or 114 AH / 732–733 CE (aged 72–74 or 76–78) Yemen, Umayyad Caliphate |
| Cause of death | Flogging |
| Home town | Dhamar |
| Children | Bin Wahb bin Munbah, 'Abdullah bin Wahb |
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| Era | Umayyad period |
| Main interest(s) | Israʼiliyyat, Qisas al-Anbiya, Sīrah, Hadith, Tafsir |
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| Relatives | Hammam ibn Munabbih (Elder Brother) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Teachers | Abu Hurayra, Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As, Ibn Abbas, Jabir ibn Abd Allah, Ibn Umar, Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī, Anas ibn Malik, Hammam ibn Munabbih |
| Profession | Judge |
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| Personal (Ism) | Wahb وهب |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Munabbih ibn Kāmil ibn Sayj ibn Sayḥān بن منبه بن كامل بن سيج بن سيحان |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ʿAbd Allāh أَبُو عَبْدِ ٱللّٰه |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Ṣanʿānī al-Yamanī ٱلصَّنْعَانِيّ ٱلْيَمَنِيّ |
Wahb ibn Munabbih ibn Kāmil ibn Sayj ibn Sayḥān (Arabic: وهب بن منبه بن كامل بن سيج بن سيحان), commonly known as Wahb ibn Munabbih, was a Yemeni traditionist, Muslim scholar, historian and judge of Persian descent, renowned for his ascetic lifestyle and for transmitting Judaeo-Christian traditions in early Islam. He is widely recognized for his contributions to ''isrā'īliyyāt'' and as one of the earliest collectors of prophetic Sīrah and pre-Islamic Arabian lore.