Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (Arabic: كعب الأحبار, full name Abū Isḥāq Kaʿb ibn Maniʿ al-Ḥimyarī (Arabic: ابو اسحاق كعب بن مانع الحميري) was a 7th-century Yemenite Jew...

reached its brain; it also claims to be an anecdote on authority of Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (d. 650s A.D.), a convert considered the earliest informant of Jewish-Muslim...

Ka'b, Kaab or Kab (Arabic: كعب ka‘b) is an Arabic male given name. People named Ka'b include: Ka'ab al-Ahbar Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf Ka'b ibn Asad Ka'b ibn...

such as Wahb ibn Munabbih and Ka'b al-Ahbar, whose authority was still retained by earlier Sunni scholars, such as Al-Tabari. Nevertheless, it was Ibn...

but the sacred Rock was found with the help of a converted Jew, Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Ahbar advised Umar to build a mosque to the north of the rock, so that...

by the Arab armies of Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. Umar was advised by Ka'b al-Ahbar, a Jewish rabbi who converted to...

transmitted by later Muslim scholars, were ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām (d. 663), Kaʿb al-Aḥbār (d. c. 652), and Wahb ibn Munabbih (d. c. 730); their information underpinned...

considers at least details of the story to be fabricated (mawḍūʿ) by Ka'b al-Ahbar. Al-Suyuti traces the story back as ḥadīṯ attributed to Muhammad. Tabari...

like Ibn 'Abbas and Kaʽb al-Aḥbār, he was an authority for many legends narrated by Al-Ṭabari, Mas'udi, and others. The "Kitab al-Isra'iliyat", or "Book...

New York: Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 0415053773. Schmitz, M. (1974). "KaʿB al-Aḥbār,". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). Brill Academic Publishers...