Malik ibn al-Haytham
مالك بن الهيثم
Abu Muslim's man who saw through Jarir's mission — 'do not go back' — overridden by the caliph's envoy 1.
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Malik ibn al-Haytham, one of the followers of Abu Muslim. 2
The mission of Jarir
Al-Mas'udi relates that al-Mansur sent Jarir al-Bajali to bring back Abu Muslim, and Malik forbade Abu Muslim from turning back. Abu Muslim told him that he had been tested with Iblis and had never been tested with the like of this, meaning the Jariri. 2
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 280
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.280
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