Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chosen as the one to pass judgment on banu qurayza”. Today it says “chief of the aws tribe in medina and one of the prominent companions of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Early Arabic rock inscription”.
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Sa'd ibn Mu'adh ( ) (c.591-627) was the chief of the Aws tribe in Medina and one of the prominent companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . He died shortly after the Battle of the Trench .
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Sa'id ibn Mu'adh was chosen as the one to pass judgment on Banu Qurayza .
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Sa’d ibn Mu'adh was a chief of the Banu Aus tribe in Medina and later converted to Islam .
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Sa’d ibn Mu'adh ( Arabic : سعد ابن معاذ) was the chief of the Banu Aus tribe in Medina and one of the prominent companions of Muhammad during early Medininian period who died shortly after the Battle of the Trench .
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Companion of Muhammad (c. 590–627) Saʿd ibn Muʿādh Ansari ( ) ( c. 590-627 ) was the chief of the Aws tribe in Medina and one of the prominent companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He died shortly after the Battle of the Trench .
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Companion of Muhammad (c. 590–627) Saʿd ibn Muʿādh al-Ansari ( Arabic : سعد بن معاذ الأنصاري ) ( c. 590-627 ) was the chief of the Aws tribe in Medina and one of the prominent companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . He died shortly after the Battle of the Trench .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “chosen as the one to pass judgment on banu qurayza”. Today it says “chief of the aws tribe in medina and one of the prominent companions of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Early Arabic rock inscription”. Read the current article and compare.
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chosen as the one to pass judgment on banu qurayza
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chief of the aws tribe in medina and one of the prominent companions of the islamic prophet muhammad
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Early Arabic rock inscription
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