Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik
عبد الله بن كعب بن مالك
Son of Ka'b ibn Malik and his guide when his sight was stricken; his son Abd al-Rahman related from him his father's account of staying behind from Tabuk.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
Ka'b ibn Malik's son and his guide in his blindness; his son Abd al-Rahman carried from him the account of his father's staying behind from Tabuk, per Ibn Ishaq's chain. 1
In the chain
Ibn Ishaq said al-Zuhri related from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik that his father Abdullah — his father's guide when his sight was lost — said: I heard my father Ka'b ibn Malik telling his account of staying behind. 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- This is a chain of transmission — Ibn Ishaq, al-Zuhri, Abd al-Rahman, Abdullah, Ka'b; the text records nothing else of Abdullah.
Connections
- Child of
- Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari
People and things also explored
The Battle of HunaynThe fifty-night boycott of the threeThe letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn MalikKa'b and Abu Qatada at the garden wallKa'b ibn Malik puts off his preparations for TabukKa'b offers his wealth and vows to speak only the truthKa'b tells the Prophet the truthThe order that the three keep apart from their wives
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/175
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islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-kaab-ibn-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.