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Ri'ab al-Shanni

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One of al-Mas'udi's unitarian warners of the intermission alongside Quss ibn Sa'ida and Bahira 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Ri'ab al-Shanni. al-Mas'udi counts him among those who called to God and drew their people's attention to His signs in the period of the interval (al-fatra), and counts him among the monotheists who affirmed the Creator and believed in the Resurrection 2.

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 442
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.442
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islam.museum contributors. “Ri'ab al-Shanni”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/riab-al-shanni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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