Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf

Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Born	Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf; Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia; (present-day Medina, Saudi Arabia)
Died	c. 624 CE; Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
Cause of death	Assassinated by Muhammad ibn Maslamah on the order of Muhammad

Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (Arabic: كعب بن الأشرف; died c. 624) was, according to Islamic texts, a pre-Islamic Arabic poet and contemporary of Muhammad in Medina.^[1] Scholars identify him as a Jewish leader.^[2]^[3]

^ Ibn Sallâm al-Jumahî [fr] quotes his name among eight names of Arab poets of Jewish religion, in his Tabaqat ashooara.[1]
^ Rubin, Uri (1990). "The Assassination of Kaʿb b. al-Ashraf". Oriens. 32: 65–71. doi:10.2307/1580625. ISSN 0078-6527. JSTOR 1580625.
^ Roohi, Ehsan (January 2021). "The Murder of the Jewish Chieftain Ka'b b. al-Ashraf: A Re-examination". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31 (1): 103–124. doi:10.1017/S135618632000053X. ISSN 1356-1863.

[1] Ibn Sallâm al-Jumahî [fr] quotes his name among eight names of Arab poets of Jewish religion, in his Tabaqat ashooara.[1]

[2] Rubin, Uri (1990). "The Assassination of Kaʿb b. al-Ashraf". Oriens. 32: 65–71. doi:10.2307/1580625. ISSN 0078-6527. JSTOR 1580625.

[3] Roohi, Ehsan (January 2021). "The Murder of the Jewish Chieftain Ka'b b. al-Ashraf: A Re-examination". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31 (1): 103–124. doi:10.1017/S135618632000053X. ISSN 1356-1863.

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Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Born	Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf Yathrib, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Medina, Saudi Arabia)
Died	c. 624 CE Medina, Hejaz, Arabia
Cause of death	Assassinated by Muhammad ibn Maslamah on the order of Muhammad