Rifa'a ibn Malik al-Zuraqi

رفاعة بن مالك الزرقي

Rifa'a ibn Malik ibn al-Ajlan al-Ansari al-Zuraqi, Abu Mu'adh, a Companion who witnessed the second pledge at Aqaba and the later battles. He narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may God be pleased with him) and from Ubada ibn al-Samit (may God be pleased with him). ¹ Ibn Hajar says his father was the first of the Ansar to embrace Islam, and Ibn Abd al-Barr says that Rifa'a fought with Ali at the battles of the Camel and Siffin. ¹

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Roles: Companion
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Arabia
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Summary

Rifa'a ibn Malik ibn al-Ajlan al-Ansari al-Zuraqi, Abu Mu'adh, a Companion who witnessed the second pledge at Aqaba and the later battles. ¹ He narrated from the Prophet, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and Ubada ibn al-Samit. ¹

What the scholars said of him

Ibn Hajar says his father was the first of the Ansar to embrace Islam, and Ibn Abd al-Barr says Rifa'a fought with Ali at the Camel and at Siffin. ¹

Sources

al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8514

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islam.museum contributors. “Rifa'a ibn Malik al-Zuraqi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rifaa-ibn-malik-al-zuraqi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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