Abu Juhayfa al-Suwa'i

أبو جحيفة السوائي

Wahb ibn Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Janada, Abu Juhayfa al-Suwa'i, called Wahb al-Khayr, one of the younger companions of the Prophet ﷺ. He narrated from the Prophet, al-Bara ibn Azib and Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him), and Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, al-Hakam ibn Utayba and al-Sha'bi narrated from him. He held the treasury and the police for Ali. According to al-Waqidi he died in the governorship of Bishr ibn Marwan and was the last companion to die in Kufa ¹. The book gives his death as 64 AH, with the year marked as uncertain.

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Roles: Companion
Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Levant & Iraq
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Wahb ibn Abd Allah ibn Muslim ibn Janada, Abu Juhayfa al-Suwa'i, called Wahb al-Khayr, one of the younger companions of the Prophet. He narrated from the Prophet, al-Bara ibn Azib and Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid, al-Hakam ibn Utayba and al-Sha'bi narrated from him. He held the treasury and the police for Ali. According to al-Waqidi he died in the governorship of Bishr ibn Marwan and was the last companion to die in Kufa ¹. The book gives his death as 64 AH, with the year marked as uncertain.

Sources

al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13746-13747

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