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Mihjan ibn al-Adra'

محجن بن الأدرع

680 CE · 60 AH

Adra

Mihjan ibn al-Adra' al-Aslami (d. 60/680), Companion and famed archer who founded the mosque of al-Sabra.

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625650675700725750775 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-A'la ibn Abdallah ibn Amir · Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Hurra · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr

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Adra

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Mihjan ibn al-Adra' al-Aslami was a Companion and one of the great archers; he lived at Medina, then at al-Sabra, whose mosque he laid out, and he lived long, dying in 60 AH (680 CE). 1

He transmitted five hadiths. 1

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Qutba ibn Qatada al-Udhri· Mukhadram (one who straddled the Jahiliyya and Islam)· The Tabi'un (Successors)· Abbad ibn Qays· al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib· Abbas ibn Mirdas al-Sulami· Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf· Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , v.5 p.283
  • al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Matba'at al-Sa'ada)
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