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Ruwayfi ibn Thabit al-Ansari

رويفع بن ثابت الأنصاري

Ruwayfi ibn Thabit ibn al-Sakan ibn Adi al-Ansari al-Madani, a companion who settled in Egypt. Mu'awiya appointed him over Tripoli of the West in 46 AH and he campaigned in Ifriqiya. He narrated from the Prophet ﷺ, and Busr ibn Abd Allah, Hanash al-San'ani and Ziyad ibn Ubayd narrated from him 1. The book gives his death as 56 AH.

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The Umayyad Period
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Egypt & Nile
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Ruwayfi ibn Thabit ibn al-Sakan ibn Adi al-Ansari al-Madani, a companion who settled in Egypt. Mu'awiya appointed him over Tripoli of the West in 46 AH and he campaigned in Ifriqiya. He narrated from the Prophet, and Busr ibn Abd Allah, Hanash al-San'ani and Ziyad ibn Ubayd narrated from him 1. The book gives his death as 56 AH.

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13754
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