al-Harith ibn Kalada

الحارث بن كلدة

the famed physician of the Arabs; ate the poisoned khazira with Abu Bakr — 'a year's poison is in it, we die in one day' — and both died in one day at year's end.

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The Rashidun Caliphate
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The Death of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

People and things also explored

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Aisha bint Abi Bakr· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Medina· The Death of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Sources

  • Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Close companion of the Prophet and the first caliph (r. 632–634 CE); his succession is understood differently in Sunni and Shia tradition.