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The opponents
ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy ibn Salūl
عبد الله بن أبي بن سلول
The chief of the hypocrites in Madinah — a man who was to be crowned king of Yathrib before the Prophet ﷺ arrived.
Where they appear
- The Hijrah — migration to Madinah
Withdrew a third of the army on the road to Uḥud; spread the slander against ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها.
How it ended
Died in 9 AH, still leading the hypocrites; Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn was revealed about him and his party.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4905; Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī