Asim ibn Thabit
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Asim ibn Thabit was one of the Ansar
, a person belonging to one of the first generations of Muslim
s and who helped Muhammad
after his migration to Medina
.
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The father of one of Umar
's wives, Umm Kulthum bint Asim
, was Asim ibn Thabit. It is not clear if that person is the same person as the subject of this article.
Ansar (Islam)
Ansar is an Islamic term that literally means "helpers" and denotes the Medinan citizens that helped Muhammad and the Muhajirun on the arrival to the city after the migration to Medina...
, a person belonging to one of the first generations of Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s and who helped Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
after his migration to Medina
Hijra (Islam)
The Hijra is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. Alternate spellings of this Arabic word are Hijrah, Hijrat or Hegira, the latter following the spelling rules of Latin.- Hijra of Muhammad :In September 622, warned of a plot to...
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Biography
He participated in the Battle of BadrBattle of Badr
The Battle of Badr , fought Saturday, March 13, 624 AD in the Hejaz region of western Arabia , was a key battle in the early days of Islam and a turning point in Muhammad's struggle with his opponents among the Quraish in Mecca...
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The father of one of Umar
Umar
`Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....
's wives, Umm Kulthum bint Asim
Umm Kulthum bint Asim
Umm Kulthum Jamila bint Asim ibn Thabit was one of the wives of Umar, the second Sunni Caliph.Sources available to this article have not established if Asim ibn Thabit was her father, or if he just shared her fathers name and patronymic.-Biography:...
, was Asim ibn Thabit. It is not clear if that person is the same person as the subject of this article.