Ahmar ibn Suwa'

أحمر بن سواء

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Biography of Ahmar ibn Suwa'

d ': Aḥmar ibn Sawā' ibn 'Adī ibn Marrah ibn Ḥamrān ibn 'Awf ibn 'Amr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Sudūs al-Sudūsī; he was counted among the people of al-Kūfah. Iyād ibn Luqayṭ was the only one to narrate from him.

Ibn Mandah reported it, with a chain of narration to al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn 'Alī al-Azdī.

My father reported, who said: 'Alā' ibn al-Minhāl reported, on the authority of Iyād ibn Luqayṭ, on the authority of Aḥmar ibn Sawā' al-Sudūsī, that he had an idol which he used to worship; he went to it, threw it into a well, then came to the Prophet ﷺ and gave him his pledge of allegiance.

Spelling variants of Ahmar ibn Suwa'

The name Ahmar ibn Suwa' is also written in the following spellings:

  • Ahmar ibn Suwa'
  • Ahmar bin Suwa'
  • Ahmar ben Suwa'
  • Ahmar b. Suwa'
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