KA'B IBN MALIK [radhiallaahu anhu] He made a mistake, the repentance from which, turned out to be a major test of his faith. Ka'b was the son of Malik, a great poet of the tribe of Khazraj of adinah, composer of heroic poems during the wars between the city's two famous tribes, al-Aws and al-Khazraj, which were frequent before the advent of Islam. Ka'b inherited this talent from his father and became known for it. Ka'b was among those who hastened to embrace Islam in Madinah. He was among the forty … [Read more...]