Wahb ibn Munabbih
وهب بن منبه
Abu 'Abd Allah of the Persian abna' — died at San'a' in 104 or 110, aged ninety; the chronicles disagree 1.
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Wahb ibn Munabbih, Abu Abd Allah, of the sons (abna'). al-Mas'udi and Ibn Khaldun mention him 2.
Death
He died in Sana'a at the age of ninety, in the year 104 AH, and it is said in the year 110 AH. al-Mas'udi indicates that the writers of histories differed on his death 2.
In Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun counts him among those who brought into the exegesis the false reports of the Children of Israel, against which the Messenger warned in a hadith that Ibn Khaldun transmits 3.
This is Ibn Khaldun's judgement. The assessments of other scholars of him need an additional source.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 191-192
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.191
- Muqaddimat Ibn Khaldun, p.27
- محمد قباني، الدولة الأموية من الميلاد إلى السقوط (دمشق، دار وحي القلم، 2006)
- الدولة الأموية — بكر محمد إبراهيم بكر (الطبعة الأولى، مركز الراية للنشر والإعلام، القاهرة 2002)
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