Abdullah ibn Wahb ar-Rasibi

Abdullah ibn Wahb ar-Rasibi ( Arabic عبد الله بن وهب الراسبي, DMG ʿAbdallāh b. Wahb ar-Rāsibī ; died 658 ) was one of the leaders of the Kharijites . His nickname "the one with the calluses" is related to his constant prostration ( sadschda ).

He turned against Ali , Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, for accepting arbitration with Muawiya , the Umayyad governor of Syria . 658, he was separated from the troops of Ali Kharijites in Ḥarūrā' , near Kufa , elected leader, Ali should have been detached.

He led campaigns against Ali's troops and died in the Battle of Nahrawan .

literature

Rudolf Ernst Brünnow : The Kharijites among the first Omayyads. A contribution to the history of the first Islamic century . Leiden 1884 ( digitized version )
HAR Gibb : “ʿAbd Allaah b. Wahb ”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam , Second Edition. ( Beginning of the article )

Valerie Jon Hoffman: The Essentials of Ibadi Islam . Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780815650843

Web links

ABDULLAH b. VEHB er-RÂSİBÎ (Diyanet Islam Ansiklopedisi; article by Ethem Ruhi Fığlalı ; with detailed bibliography)
ʿAbd Allaah b. Wahb al-Rāsibī (beginning of the article from the Encyclopaedia Islamica )
Ḥarūrāʾ ( Encyclopaedia of Islam ), First Edition (1913–1936)

Individual evidence

↑ See also Adhrūh and the Battle of Siffin . The place Adhruh, where the dispute over the murder of the caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān should be settled, lies between Maʿan and Petra in Jordan .
↑ Another name for early Kharijites called Ḥarūrīya comes from the place . - See also Haruriyya .
↑ According to Ibadi view of the legitimate caliph . - The Ibadites consider all caliphs from Mu'awiya onwards as tyrants, with the exception of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz , about whom opinions differ. (Valerie Jon Hoffman, p. 10)

Abdullah ibn Wahb ar-Rasibi (alternative names of the lemma)
ʿAbd Allaah b. Wahb al-Rāsibī; Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rasibi; Abd Allah bin Wahb al-Rasibi; Abdullah b. Vehb er-Râsibî; Abdullah bin Wahab al-Rasibi; 'Abd Allaah b. Wahb al-Râsibî

personal data
SURNAME	Abdullah ibn Wahb ar-Rasibi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	عبد الله بن وهب الراسبي (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Leader of the Kharijites
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	658

[1] See also Adhrūh and the Battle of Siffin . The place Adhruh, where the dispute over the murder of the caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān should be settled, lies between Maʿan and Petra in Jordan .

[2] Another name for early Kharijites called Ḥarūrīya comes from the place . - See also Haruriyya .

[3] According to Ibadi view of the legitimate caliph . - The Ibadites consider all caliphs from Mu'awiya onwards as tyrants, with the exception of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz , about whom opinions differ. (Valerie Jon Hoffman, p. 10)