al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah

الحسين بن عرفطة

Updated on 19 April 2026 at 10:59 PM

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Biography of al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah

(س) al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah ibn Nadla ibn al-Ashtar ibn Hajwan ibn Faq'as ibn Tarif ibn 'Amr ibn Qa'in ibn al-Harith ibn Tha'laba ibn Dudan ibn Asad ibn Khuzayma. His name had been: Husayl - with a lam - and the Prophet ﷺ renamed him Husayn - with a nun.

Al-Daraqutni narrated, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Sa'id, on the authority of Dawud ibn Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Habib ibn Tammam ibn Husayn ibn 'Arfatah: my father related to me, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather, on the authority of the grandfather's grandfather, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah, that the Prophet ﷺ said to him: When you stand for prayer, say: ﴿In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds﴾ (5) until he completed it, then ﴿Say: He is Allah, the One (6)﴾ to its end.

It was recorded by Abu Musa.

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Spelling variants of al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah

The name al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah is also written in the following spellings:

  • al-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah
  • al-Husayn bin 'Arfatah
  • al-Husayn ben 'Arfatah
  • al-Husayn b. 'Arfatah
  • el-Husayn ibn 'Arfatah
  • Husayn ibn 'Arfatah
  • Husayn bin 'Arfatah
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