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Jubayr ibn Muṭʽim
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the meccan enemies of the islamic prophet muhammad whom later became a sahaba”. Today it says “companion of the islamic prophet muhammad”.
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Jubayr ibn Muṭʽim ( ), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad .1 He accepted Islam in 628 or 629 after initially being an opponent.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the meccan enemies of the islamic prophet muhammad whom later became a sahaba”. Today it says “companion of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of the meccan enemies of the islamic prophet muhammad whom later became a sahaba
Now
companion of the islamic prophet muhammad
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