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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Abd Allah Ibn Saba Myth Exploded Tracing The Fairytale: Explicit Athar Naming Ibn Al-Sawda ============================================================ According to Sunni ‘ulama , ‘Abd Allah b. Saba was “well-known” as Ibn al-Sawda – the son of the black woman. Imam Ibn al-Athir (d. 630 H), for instance, submits: وكان عبد الله بن سبأ المعروف بابن السوداء He was ‘Abd Allah b.

Saba, well-known as Ibn al-Sawda .[^1] The only existing testimony concerning the colour of his mother, however, is the mawdu’ (fabricated) report of Yazid al-Faq’asi. Therefore, there really is absolutely NO evidence that ‘Abd Allah b. Saba had a black mother. As a result, there is no basis for naming him Ibn al-Sawda or for suggesting that he could be called that. Secondly, there is equally no reliable proof that the contemporaries of ‘Abd Allah b. Saba ever called him Ibn al-Sawda .

Rather, his own existence at all is not even established through any authentic chain in the Sunni books! Logic demands that whichever Sunni wants to claim that ‘Abd Allah b. Saba was Ibn al-Sawda , or that he was well-known as that, must do the following: Provide at least a single authentic, explicit Sunni report proving the existence of a man called ‘Abd Allah b. Saba. Provide at least a single authentic, explicit Sunni riwayah showing that the man named ‘Abd Allah b.

Saba was addressed as Ibn al-Sawda by his contemporaries. The truth is – no Sunni has ever been able to do either of the above, and no Sunni will be able to do so till the Day of al-Qiyamah . Therefore, as things stand, there is no valid Sunni evidence that a man named ‘Abd Allah b. Saba ever existed, or that such a man was ever called Ibn al-Sawda by those who knew him. With this background fact, we are good to proceed to some Sunni reports on the unknown son of the black woman!

Narration One Imam Ibn Asakir (d. 571 H) helps us with the first of them: قال ونا سيف عن أبي حارثة وأبي عثمان قالا لما قدم ابن السوداء مصر عجمهم واستخلاهم واستخلوه وعرض لهم بالكفر فأبعدوه وعرض لهم بالشقاق فأطمعوه فبدأ فطعن على عمرو بن العاص وقال ما باله أكثركم عطاء ورزقا ألا ننصب رجلا من قريش يسوي بيننا فاستحلوا ذلك منه وقالوا كيف نطيق ذلك مع عمرو وهو رجل العرب قال تستعفون منه ثم يعمل عملنا ويظهر الائتمار بالمعروف والطعن فلا يرده علينا أحد Sayf – Abu Harithah and Abu ‘Uthman: When Ibn al-Sawda arrived in Egypt, he tested them.

He was delighted with them and they were delighted with him.