Rabi' ibn Sabrah al-Juhani (Arabic: ربيع بن سبرة الجهني) was among the narrators of hadith. His father (Sabrah ibn Ma'bad

Sabrah ibn Ma'bad

Sabrah ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani was one of the companions of Muhammad.-Name:Other transliterations and full name include "Abu Suraiya Saburah ibn Ma'bad ibn 'Ausaja al-Juhani" , "Abu Rabi' al-Madani", "Sabura al-juhanni", and "Sabra Juhanni".-Family:He was from the Juhinah tribe located around the...

) is one of the companions

Sahaba

In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...

 of Muhammad

Muhammad

Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

, thus he was a Tabi‘in

Tabi‘in

The Tābi‘ūn are the generation of Muslims who were born after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad but who were contemporaries of the Sahaba "Companions". As such, they played an important part in the development of Islamic thought and philosophy, and in the political development of the...

 .

Rabi lived in Medina

Medina

Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...

. His hadith is narrated in Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim is one of the Six major collections of the hadith in Sunni Islam, oral traditions relating to the words and deeds of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. It is the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahih Al-Bukhari, and is highly acclaimed by Sunni Muslims...

, and the four Sunan books. He is declared as trusted by Hadith scholars such as Nisae, Al-Dhahabi

Al-Dhahabi

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn `Uthman ibn Qaymaz ibn `Abd Allah, Shams al-Din Abu `Abd Allah al-Turkmani al-Diyarbakri al-Fariqi al-Dimashqi al-Dhahabi al-Shafi`i , known as Al-Dhahabi , a Shafi'i Muhaddith and historian of Islam.-Biography:...

, Ibn Hajar

Ibn Hajar

There were several Muslim scholars named "Ibn Hajar"*Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani – Shafi'i and Hadith scholar*Ibn Hajar al-Makki al-Haitami - Shafi'i*Ibn Hajar Abi Bakr...

 and others .

Rabi had sons named Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi

Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi

-name:He was the son of Rabi ibn Sabra, and reported the hadith of Sabra reporting on the prohibition of Mut'ah on his fathers authority. Although this hadith qualified into Sahih Muslim, some have questioned his reliability as a narrator.-Sunni view: states:...

 and Abd al-Aziz ibn Rabi .