al-Rabi' ibn Khalid

الربيع بن خالد

Swore before al-Hajjaj's minbar never to pray behind him and to join any who fought him — he fell at Dayr al-Jamajim 1.

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Al-Rabi' ibn Khalid. al-Mas'udi reports that he heard al-Hajjaj preach and said that he would never pray behind him. He said that if he saw people fighting him, he would fight alongside them. He fought at the monastery of the Skulls (Dayr al-Jamajim) until he was killed 2. See al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 137
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.137
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