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'Auf bin 'Afra'

عوف بن الحارث/عوف بن عفراء

'Auf bin Harith bin Rifa'a b. al-Harith b. Sawad b. Malik b. Ghanm b. Malik b. al-Najjar

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Biography
A member of Khazraj tribe of Madinah. Met with the prophet (saw)in the elevent year of his mission, 620 CE. Among the six people from Yathrib to make the pledge to accept and spread Islam and to return the following year with new converts. According to some sources, he was involved in killing Abu Jahl with his brother Mu'awwidh but most authentic story is that it was Mua'dh bin 'Amr.
Classical References
  • ·al-Thiqat — Ibn Hibbanp. 120
  • ·Source 209
  • ·Tahdheeb al-Kamal (narrators) — al-Mizzip. 383-385

2[pg:120],11[pg:198,209,335],14[pg:383-385]

Life Details

Born

Unknown

Birth City

Medinah

Died

2 AH/624 CE

Death City

Hijaz

Cause

Martyred(Badr)

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