Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf

Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Born
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf

Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Medina, Saudi Arabia)
Diedc. 624 CE
Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
Cause of deathAssassinated by Muhammad ibn Maslamah on the order of Muhammad

Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (Arabic: كعب بن الأشرف; died c. 624) was, according to Islamic texts, a pre-Islamic Arabic poet and contemporary of Muhammad in Medina. Scholars identify him as a Jewish leader.

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