Ata ibn Abi Rabah, Mufti of Makkah: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarMufti of Makkah

Ata ibn Abi Rabahعطاء بن أبي رباح

c. 647-732 CE (d. 114 AH)Approximate dateMakkah

A Black freedman who became the leading authority on the rites of Hajj.

Born in Yemen and raised in Makkah, he was dark-skinned, flat-nosed and later lame, yet he became the mufti of the Sacred Mosque. Ibn Abbas sent questioners to him, and Umayyad caliphs came with their sons to ask him about Hajj and waited their turn.

What grew out of it?

His rulings on Hajj fill the later books of fiqh.

The lesson

Knowledge and taqwa, not lineage or looks, raised him above kings.

Who else is linked?

Makkah Abdullah ibn Abbas Umayyad Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Marwan ibn al-Hakam Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Muawiyah ibn Yazid Yazid ibn Muawiyah Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik

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Ata ibn Abi Rabah, Mufti of Makkah