At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Ruwayfi ibn Thabit ibn al-Sakan ibn Adi al-Ansari al-Madani, a companion who settled in Egypt. Mu'awiya appointed him over Tripoli of the West in 46 AH and he campaigned in Ifriqiya. He narrated from the Prophet, and Busr ibn Abd Allah, Hanash al-San'ani and Ziyad ibn Ubayd narrated from him 1. The book gives his death as 56 AH.
Connections
- Member of
- The Companions· The Ansar· Banu al-Najjar
- Lived in
- Tripoli (al-Gharb)
People and things also explored
Amr ibn Kharija· Anas ibn Mu'adh· As'ad ibn Zurara· Auf ibn al-Harith· Haram ibn Milhan· Haritha ibn al-Nu'man· Khuzayma ibn Aws· Mu'adh ibn al-Harith
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13754
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ruwayfi ibn Thabit al-Ansari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ruwayfi-ibn-thabit-al-ansari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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