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. He was short, skinny, and gray haired. He is notable for the Quran codex he compiled. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ubayy ibn Ka'b is the 1,056th most popular religious figure (down from 787th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 114th in 2019) and the 55th 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 1,056 out of 3,187Before him are Ngô Đình Thục, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nirmala Joshi, Tatiana of Rome, Saint Susanna, and Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle. After him are Thaïs, Arnold Janssen, Thibaud Gaudin, Saint Marcella, Saint Chrysogonus, and Gudula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 28Before him are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Bahram Chobin, John IV of Constantinople, Shahrbaraz, and Amandus. After him are Chilperic of Aquitaine, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Bayan I, Heraclius the Elder, and Al-Mughira. 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 123 out of 354Before him are Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), Al-Waleed bin Talal (1955), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910). After him are Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Abu Mohammad al-Julani (1981), Abu Darda (580), Imru' al-Qais (501), Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), and Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (600).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 55Before him are Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Fatimah bint Asad (555), Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), Waraqah ibn Nawfal (null), Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464), and Abdullah ibn Salam (550). After him are Abu Darda (580), Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Wasil ibn Ata (700), Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612), and Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (null).