Ka'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at Tabuk
حديث كعب بن مالك في تخلفه عن تبوك
A long account Ibn Ishaq transmits from al-Zuhri by his chain to Ka'b ibn Malik, on his staying behind from the Tabuk campaign and what followed: the boycott of the three and the acceptance of their repentance.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Summary
An account Ibn Ishaq transmitted from al-Zuhri, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b, from his father Abdullah, from Ka'b ibn Malik, on his staying behind from Tabuk and his repentance. 1
The isnad
The content
It begins with Ka'b's account of staying behind and ends with his vow of truthfulness, covering the three left behind. 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The text is Ka'b's first-person speech; it is not copied here but summarised with reference to the page.
- In the isnad is the link al-Zuhri from Abd al-Rahman (p. 175).
Connections
People and things also explored
The acceptance of the repentance of the threeThe three who were left behind after TabukMedinaThe fifty-night boycott of the threeHilal ibn Umayya al-WaqifiMurara ibn al-Rabi al-AmriThe order that the three keep apart from their wivesKa'b ibn Malik al-Ansari
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/175-181
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/175
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islam.museum contributors. “Ka'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at Tabuk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/kaab-ibn-malik-account-of-tabuk/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.