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Abu al-Tufayl
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Abu al-Tufayl Amir ibn Wathila al-Kinani ( Arabic : أبو الطفيل عامر بن واثلة الكناني , romanized : Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir bin Wāthila al-Kinānī c. 625 –732) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad] He was also a poet. Abu al-Tufayl went to Kufa during the reign of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman and then to Al-Mada'in . Abu al-Tufayl also studied scientific matters from Ali bin Abi Talib. After the death of Ali, he returned to Mecca and stayed there to the end of his life, around 102/732. دیانت, ابو حسن.
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one of the companions of the prophet muhammad and a number of shia imams
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poet
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