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al-'Irbad ibn Sariya al-Sulami

العرباض بن سارية السلمي

between 694 and 695 CE · 75 AH

al-Sham (Greater Syria)

Al-'Irbad ibn Sariya al-Sulami, Abu Najih, one of the People of the Bench (ahl al-suffa); he lived in Syria and died there in 75 AH, or, some say, during the strife of Ibn al-Zubayr; among the Companions Abu Ruhm and Abu Umama narrated from him, as did a number of Syrian Successors 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era · The Umayyad Period
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq

Life in time

625650675700725750775 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr

In space

al-Sham (Greater Syria)

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Al-'Irbad ibn Sariya al-Sulami, known as Abu Najih, was a Companion and one of the People of the Bench (ahl al-suffa). 1

Residence and death

He lived in Syria and died there in 75 AH; others say he died during the strife of Ibn al-Zubayr. 1

Those who narrated from him

Among the Companions, Abu Ruhm and Abu Umama narrated from him, and so did a number of the Successors of Syria. 1

Connections

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Lived in
al-Sham (Greater Syria)
Related to
The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)
Member of
The Companions

People and things also explored

'Amr ibn 'Abasa al-Sulami· Shurahbil ibn Hasana· Sufyan ibn Awf· Mukhadram (one who straddled the Jahiliyya and Islam)· Al-Daraqutni journeys to al-Sham and Egypt and composes the Musnad for Ibn Hinzaba, about 350/961· Strife between the Franks and the Armenians· Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce· Frankish raids on Syria

Sources

  1. al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr — ed. 'Adil Murshid, Dar al-A'lam, Amman, 1st ed. 1423/2002 (one volume) , p. 590
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