Ka'b ibn Suwar
كعب بن سور
Umar's judge of Basra; understood the praising wife's true complaint and ruled her a day of four days and a night of four nights.
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- The Rashidun Caliphate
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Ka'b ibn Suwar, judge of Basra in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab. The sources relate that he understood the complaint of a woman who praised her husband for much standing in prayer and much fasting, and ruled that she should have one day in every four and one night in every four. 1
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- Participated in
- Umar's Governance and Judgments
People and things also explored
Ali ibn Abi Talib· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Umar's Governance and Judgments
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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