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Wadi'a ibn Thabit

وديعة بن ثابت

Ibn Ishaq names him in the party of hypocrites who mocked the Tabuk army and then excused themselves that they had been jesting and playing.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Summary

Ibn Ishaq names him among the band of hypocrites who mocked the Tabuk army, then apologised that they had only been jesting and playing. 1

In the Tabuk expedition

Ibn Ishaq names him among a band of hypocrites, calling him "Wadi'a ibn Thabit, brother of Banu Amr ibn Awf". 1 He says the man came to the Prophet apologising while holding his she-camel's nose-rein, saying: we were only jesting and playing — and a verse of Surat al-Tawba came down. 2

In the mosque of Dirar

Ibn Ishaq names him last of the twelve men who built the mosque of Dirar: "and Wadi'a ibn Thabit — he is of Banu Umayya [ibn Zayd], fellows of Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir". 3 The bracketed addition is from manuscript (a) per the editors. 3

Tribe

Ibn Ishaq's lineage for him: brother of Banu Amr ibn Awf. 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • Describing the band as hypocrites is Ibn Ishaq's phrasing.

Connections

Participated in
A group of hypocrites mock the army, then excuse themselvesThe builders of the mosque ask the Prophet to pray in it
Member of
The builders of Masjid al-DirarBanu Umayya ibn Zayd

People and things also explored

Tha'laba ibn HatibThe demolition of Masjid al-DirarThe expedition to TabukAbbad ibn HunayfAbu Habiba ibn al-Az'arBahzajBijad ibn UthmanJariya ibn Amir

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/168
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/168-169
  3. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/174
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Tha'laba ibn Hatib

One of the twelve men who built Masjid al-Dirar, according to Ibn Ishaq; his ascription: of Banu Umayya ibn Zayd.