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- The Prophetic Era
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Summary
Ka'b ibn Malik's son and his guide in his blindness; his son Abd al-Rahman carried from him the account of his father's staying behind from Tabuk, per Ibn Ishaq's chain. 1
In the chain
Ibn Ishaq said al-Zuhri related from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik that his father Abdullah — his father's guide when his sight was lost — said: I heard my father Ka'b ibn Malik telling his account of staying behind. 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- This is a chain of transmission — Ibn Ishaq, al-Zuhri, Abd al-Rahman, Abdullah, Ka'b; the text records nothing else of Abdullah.
Connections
- Child of
- Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari
- Mentioned in
- Bukhari 4418 — Ka'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at Tabuk
People and things also explored
The three who were left behind after Tabuk· Bukhari 4418 — Ka'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at Tabuk· Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari· The Battle of Hunayn· The fifty-night boycott of the three· The expedition to Tabuk· The letter of the king of Ghassan to Ka'b ibn Malik· Ka'b and Abu Qatada at the garden wall
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/175
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Ka'b ibn Malik”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-kaab-ibn-malik/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-20.