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Narrator profile

Wahb bin Munabbih al-Abnavi

Wahb bin Munabbih bin Kamil b. Sayj b. Dhi Kanaz

Abu 'Abdullah

He seems to have been a South Arabian of possibly Persian origin with a deep knowledge of Jewish and Christian scriptures and traditions. Wahb wrote the Kitab al-Mubtada , which inspired many Muslim versions of the lives of the prophets. However, much was attributed to him for which he was not responsible. Wahb collected the maghazi , and this has been confirmed by the discovery of a fragment of the lost work on papyri written in 228/842, the so-called Heidelberg papyrus. Wahb himself did not know of the use of isnads, that is the chain of transmitters of a particular tradition. Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari, and al-Waqidi do not use Wahb for the life of the Prophet but for the beginnings of Christianity in South Arabia. <br> وهب بن منبه بن كامل بن سيح بن ذي كناز اليماني الصنعاني الذماري أبو عبد الله الأبناوي

Kunya
Abu 'Abdullah
Also known as
وهب بن منبه الأبناوي
Born
34 AH/654 CE
Died
110 AH/728 CE
Lived in
Yemen,Dhamar
Class
tabi'i

Kutub Sittah identity

This classical-book profile is linked to the narrator identity used in the Six-Book chains.

وهب بن منبه بن كامل بن سيج بن ذي كبار

3rd · died 110 AH

Teachers
19
Students
26
Verdicts
8
Identity mapping details
Six-Book narrator ID
8183
Review status
auto
Match method
norm exact name ar to other name
Confidence
likely

Hadith appearances

16 hadiths · 5 collections

Hadith transmissions

Hadiths in which this narrator appears, with their position in the chain.

Research data and provenancemoderate dossier · expand

Technical evidence counts from parsed rijāl entries and reviewable fact extraction. These support the passages shown below.

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Tier
moderate
Source entries
0
Strong identity entries
0
Chronology hints
2
Attribute hints
0
Relation hints
7
Assessment hints
0
Known assessors
0

Classical evidence · أقوال الجرح والتعديل

1 book · 1 entry

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    He seems to have been a South Arabian of possibly Persian origin with a deep knowledge of Jewish and Christian scriptures and traditions. Wahb wrote the Kitab al-Mubtada , which inspired many Muslim versions of the lives of the prophets. However, much was attributed to him for which he was not respo…
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    He seems to have been a South Arabian of possibly Persian origin with a deep knowledge of Jewish and Christian scriptures and traditions. Wahb wrote the Kitab al-Mubtada , which inspired many Muslim versions of the lives of the prophets. However, much was attributed to him for which he was not responsible. Wahb collected the maghazi , and this has been confirmed by the discovery of a fragment of the lost work on papyri written in 228/842, the so-called Heidelberg papyrus. Wahb himself did not know of the use of isnads, that is the chain of transmitters of a particular tradition. Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabari, and al-Waqidi do not use Wahb for the life of the Prophet but for the beginnings of Christianity in South Arabia. <br> وهب بن منبه بن كامل بن سيح بن ذي كناز اليماني الصنعاني الذماري أبو عبد الله الأبناوي