Ash'ab al-Tami'

أشعب الطامع

631 CE · 9 AH

Ash'ab al-Tami' (Shu'ayb b. Jubayr, b. 9 AH) — the Medinan figure proverbial for his appetite; a mawla who lived long, knew Qur'an and worship, transmitted from Abdallah b. Ja'far and others, sang, and became the hero of countless anecdotes 1.

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The Umayyad Period · The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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525550575600625650675700725 c. c. c. c. c.
Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abdullah ibn Abbas · Abdullah ibn Mas'ud · Abdullah ibn Salam · Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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