Ka'b ibn Malik

كعب بن مالك الخزرجي

Updated on 19 April 2026 at 10:59 PM

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Biography of Ka'b ibn Malik

Ka'b bin Malik bin Abi Ka'b, and the name of Abi Ka'b: Amr bin Al-Qayn bin Sawad bin Ghanam bin Ka'b bin Salamah bin Saad bin Ali Al-Ansari Al-Khazraji Al-Sulami, nicknamed Abu Abdullah. And Another report states: Abu Abd The Most Merciful. His mother is Laila bint Zaid bin Tha'labah, also from Banu Salamah. He witnessed Aqaba, according to everyone's opinion, but there was disagreement regarding his witnessing of Badr. What is true is that he did not witness it. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, came to Medina, he became a brother between himself and Talha bin Ubaidullah when he made brotherhood between the Muhajireen and the Ansar. He did not remain behind. the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, except in the Battle of Badr and Tabuk. As for Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, did not blame anyone for it. He stayed behind for haste. As for Tabuk, he stayed behind due to the intense heat.

He was one of the three who were left behind, even when the spacious land became too narrow for them and their souls were too small for them. They were: Ka'b ibn Malik, Mararah bin Rabi'ah, and Hilal bin Umayyah, so Allah, revealed about them: "And upon the three who were left behind, even when the land became too narrow for them for all its spaciousness"…the verses, so He turned to them in repentance, and the story is well-known. The heel of the Prophet ﷺ was worn on the Battle of Uhud by his mother, the Prophet ﷺ. It was yellow, and the Prophet ﷺ wore it for his mother, so he had eleven wounds on the heel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He was one of the poets of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Ibn Sirin said: The poets of the Prophet ﷺ were: Hassan bin Thabit, Kaab bin Malik, and Abdullah. Ibn Rawahah. Ka'b ibn Malik used to fear war.

Hassan used to accept lineages, and Abdullah ibn Rawahah used to criticize them for their disbelief. Ibn Sirin said: I was informed that Dusa had only converted to Islam, based on what Ka'b ibn Malik said. We eliminated from Tihama all of Witr... and Khaybar, then we covered them. The swords are the best of them, and if they had spoken, they would have said... They interrupted them: Dausa or Thaqif, and Daus said: Go and take it for yourselves, so that what happened to Thaqif may not happen to you.

Spelling variants of Ka'b ibn Malik

The name Ka'b ibn Malik is also written in the following spellings:

  • Ka'b ibn Malik al-Khazraji
  • Ka'b bin Malik al-Khazraji
  • Ka'b ben Malik al-Khazraji
  • Ka'b b. Malik al-Khazraji
  • Ka'b ibn Malik el-Khazraji
  • Ka'b ibn Malik Khazraji
  • Ka'b bin Malik Khazraji
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