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Utban ibn Malik

عتبان بن مالك

An Ansari of Banu Salim ibn 'Awf of the Khazraj; he built the utm 'al-Muzdalif' which came to Malik ibn al-Mujlan al-Salimi, who said of it 'I built al-Muzdalif for the wars' 1.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Utban ibn Malik, an Ansari from the Banu Salim ibn Awf of the Khazraj, of the Banu Salim ibn Awf. He built the fortress of "al-Muzdalif", and afterwards the fortress passed to Malik ibn al-Mujalan al-Salami 2.

Malik said of it: "I built al-Muzdalif for the wars" 2.

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Banu Salim ibn Awf

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Abu Khaythama· Malik ibn al-Dukhshum· Banu Salim ibn Awf

Sources

  1. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p. 211
  2. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p.211
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Of Banu Salim ibn Awf; Ibn Ishaq names him among the four who stayed behind without doubt, then he caught up with the Prophet at Tabuk after refusing to enter his two bowers on a hot day.