Depth
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- ProphetScriptural
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Encyclopaedia of Islam note: al-Akhdar
In North Africa the vulgar form al-Akhdar ("the green") is in common use as a personal name for al-Khidr. Several holy men (santons), especially at Constantine, are known by this name. 3
Connections
- Related to
- Musa
- Mentioned in
- Bukhari 3401 — Musa and al-Khidr
People and things also explored
Musa· Bukhari 3401 — Musa and al-Khidr· Harun (Aaron)· Muslim 162 — The long Mi'raj report (Malik ibn Sa'sa'a)· Muwatta 2616· Muwatta 2661· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abraham and the one who argued with him about his Lord
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari , 3401
- Sahih al-Bukhari (al-Bugha edition) , 3219
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 343
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Khidr”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khidr/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.