Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith
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Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith was a sahaba
Sahaba
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 of Muhammad
Muhammad
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. His name is mentioned in Muhammad's last speech:

Behold! Everything that is jahiliyyah’s is trampled under my feet]. All usury
Usury
Usury Originally, when the charging of interest was still banned by Christian churches, usury simply meant the charging of interest at any rate . In countries where the charging of interest became acceptable, the term came to be used for interest above the rate allowed by law...

 is abolished, but you retain your capital. Do no wrong and you shall not be wronged. Allah
Allah
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 has ordered that there should be no usury. All the usury of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib is abolished. All the (unrevenged) blood claims of the jahilliyyah are abolished and the first claim I abolish is that of the son of Rabi’ah ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib; he was fostered among Banu Layth, (where the tribe of) Hudhayl killed him. This is the first of the jahiliyyah blood claim that I begin with.


He is also involved in the Hadith of the ten promised paradise
Hadith of the ten promised paradise
The prophet Muhammad, in a Hadith accepted by Sunni Muslims, specified ten of his companions who were promised paradise. Those companions named in this Hadith are referred to by Sunnis as The Ten Promised Paradise...

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