Rukana

ركانة

662~

al-Sind

Rukana, a man of Banu al-Muttalib, is the companion named in the story of the wrestling bout with the Prophet ﷺ. Abu Nu'aym records the report in his Ma'rifat al-Sahaba; Ibn Hajar, in al-Isaba, notes that the chain of narration is disputed and judges that a link is likely missing. 1 2

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600625650675700725750775 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla · Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Abbas al-Hashimi

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al-Sind

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al-Sind
Related to
Wrestling

People and things also explored

Sabq (contests and races)· Hakim ibn Jabala's Report on the Indian Frontier· Abdul Majid Sindhi· Abu al-Hasan al-Sindi· Marzuq al-Sindi· al-Qasim ibn Tha'laba al-Ta'i· Allah Bux Soomro· Amr ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

Sources

  1. Ma'rifat al-sahaba — Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
  2. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 531
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islam.museum contributors. “Rukana”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/rukana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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