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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ubayy ibn Ka'b

600 - 649

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Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Arabic: أُبَيّ ٱبْن كَعْب, ʾUbayy ibn Kaʿb) (died 649), also known as Abu Mundhir, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a person of high esteem in the early Muslim community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ubayy ibn Ka'b has received more than 68,770 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ubayy ibn Ka'b is the 864th most popular religious figure (down from 847th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 107th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a sahaba of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was one of the first people to convert to Islam and was noted for his eloquence. He is most famous for writing the Qur'an's sura Al-Fatiha, which has been called "the most eloquent and beautiful of all Qur'anic suras".

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  • 18

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  • 5.57

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 864 out of 2,238Before him are Saturnin, Nicholas of Flüe, Charalambos, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After him are Benedict of Aniane, Killing of Peter Fechter, Agnes of Bohemia, Odilo of Cluny, Juan Diego, and Abdullah ibn Muhammad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 22Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Rayhana bint Zayd, Bahram Chobin, Shahrbaraz, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, and Cosmas Indicopleustes. After him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Bayan I, Heraclius the Elder, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, and Chandrakirti. Among people deceased in 649, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 4Before him are Emperor Taizong of Tang, John Climacus, and Pope Theodore I.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 110 out of 251Before him are Ghazi of Iraq (1912), Al-Wathiq (812), Abbas I of Egypt (1816), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), and Empress Jitō (645). After him are Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Wasil ibn Ata (700), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 49Before him are Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), and Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430). After him are Wasil ibn Ata (700), Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), and Abu Darda (580).