Introduction

Hazrat Murarah’s (ra) father was Rabee‘ bin Adiyy. His father’s name is also recorded as Ribee‘iy and Rabi‘ah as well. Hazrat Murarah (ra) bin Rabee‘ Amri belonged to the Amr bin Auf branch of the Aus tribe of the Ansar. According to another narration, he was from the Quza‘ah tribe, a confederate of the Banu Amr bin Auf. Quza‘ah was a well-known tribe in Arabia, who lived at a distance of ten miles from Medina, past the Valley of al-Qura. They lived to the west of Madain Saleh.

(Usdul Ghabah, Vol. 5, p. 129, Murarah bin Rabee‘ (ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Al-Isabah Fi Tamyeez Al-Sahabah, Vol. 6, p. 52, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Farhang Sirat, p. 237, Zawwar Academy Publications, Karachi, 2003)