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Ibn al-Dughunna

ابن الدغنة

A chief of al-Qara who gave Abu Bakr protection when he set out to emigrate to Abyssinia and brought him back to Mecca.

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Overview

Ibn al-Dughunna, a noble of the Qara tribe, who gave protection to Abu Bakr when he resolved to emigrate to Abyssinia, and brought him back with him to Mecca. 1 2

What is not stated here

The book does not give his full lineage or his death; these are to be filled in from its sources when he is mentioned again.

For young visitors

Ibn al-Dughunna was a generous man who gave protection to Abu Bakr, so Abu Bakr returned with him to Mecca, because a protected person has a right to that protection.

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Participated in
The Year of Sorrow

People and things also explored

Death of Abu Talib· The Prophet's journey to al-Ta'if· The Prophetic Era· Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Khadija bint Khuwaylid· Muhammad· Mecca· The Year of Sorrow

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p.117
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari, 1/548
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Death of Abu Talib

Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle and protector, died in Rajab of the tenth year of the mission, six months after Banu Hashim left the ravine on the book's reckoning, though another view places it in Ramadan three days before Khadija's death; the Prophet asked him at the end to say there is no god but God, and he refused, remaining on the religion of Abd al-Muttalib.