Abbad ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr al-Asadi () was a

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and a narrator of hadith (quotations and anecdotes of

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), and a judge in Mecca when it was ruled by his father,

Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (; May 624October/November 692) was the leader of a caliphate based in Mecca that rivaled the Umayyads from 683 until his death. The son of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam and Asma bint Abi Bakr, and grandson of ...

Biography

Abbad was taught and influenced by various

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, including

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, his grandmother

Asma bint Abi Bakr Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (; 594/595 – 694-695CE) nicknamed Dhat an-Nitaqayn (meaning she with the two belts) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and half-sister of his third wife Aisha. Her nickname Dhat an-Nitaqayn was giv ...

, his grandmother's sister and wife of Muhammad,

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, along with the scribe

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and his own father Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. His students, to whom he narrated the Hadith, were his son Yahya, 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Hamza ibn 'Abd Allah,

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, his cousin Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr, and 'Abd Allah ibn 'Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Mulayka.

Hadith

Hadith scholars deem Abbad as an authentic and trustworthy narrator of

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. Abi Dawud narrated Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umayr narrated during the time of

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, 'Abbad were asking Abdullah ibn Umar: We have heard that the evening meal is taken just before the night prayer. Thereupon Abdullah ibn Umar replied: ''"Woe to you! what was their evening meal? Do you think it was like the meal of your father?"''

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deemed this narration has good chain(Hasan) Yahya, his son who also narrated hadith, reported some hadiths from his father. Ibn Hisham said from Yahya through Abbad, that

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, one of the ten Companions who have been promised paradise, was praised by Muhammad and promised

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for his assistance during the

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. While Ibn Hisham also wrote his commentary from

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that during Battle of the Trench,

Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (; ; 53 Hijri year, BH to 18 AH) was a Companions of the Prophet, companion and aunt of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Early life Safiyya was the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib, Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Halah bint ...

, mother of az-Zubayr, ancestor of Yahya, used an iron staff to kill a Jewish interloper with who want to betray the Muslims and slips in to the refugee fortress which contained wives, elders, and children of the Muslim soldiers who fought on the frontline.

Ababda

According to traditional sources,

Ababda people The Ababda ( or ) are an Arab or Beja tribe in eastern Egypt and Sudan. Historically, most were Bedouins living in the area between the Nile and the Red Sea, with some settling along the trade route linking Korosko with Abu Hamad. Numerous tra ...

claims their lineage came from Zubayr ibn al-Awwam through the line of Abbad as their common ancestor. Abbad bore four children who would form the subdivisions of the Ababda tribe, in accordance to modern day researchers from Egypt, that Zubayrid Ababda were supposedly descended from the line of Abbad from his father, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.

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