Rabi' ibn Sabrah al-Juhani (Arabic: ربيع بن سبرة الجهني) was among the
narrators of hadith. His father (
Sabrah ibn Ma'bad) is one of the
companions of
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
, thus he was a
Tabi‘in.
[ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib]
Rabi lived in
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...
. His hadith is narrated in
Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim ( ar, صحيح مسلم, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim), group=note is a 9th-century ''hadith'' collection and a book of ''sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj (815–875). It is one of the most valued bo ...
, and the four Sunan books. He is declared as trusted by Hadith scholars such as
Nasa'i,
Al-Dhahabi,
Ibn Hajar Ibn Hajar may refer to:
*Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1372–1449), Shafi'i and Hadith scholar
*Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥajar al-Haytamī al-Makkī al-Anṣārī known as Ibn Haja ...
and others.
Rabi had sons named
Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi and
Abd al-Aziz ibn Rabi.
References
Tabi‘un
7th-century Arabs
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