Ata ibn Abi Rabah(Arabic: عطاء بن أبي رباح‎‎) was a prominent Tabi’i, a Mufassir, Muhaddith (muslim transmitter of hadith), faqih and Mufti ofMecca. He was born in Yemen of Nubian parents and raised in Mecca as a client of the Abi Khuthaym family. He was a student of Ibn Abbas and`Abd Allah ibn `Umar and was often quoted by his 8th century student, the Islamic scholar Ibn Jurayj ^[2] He was originally from Africa. ^[3] Also he was known to be the first Imam of Mecca^[4] Al Bukthair has quoted him in his book about 109 times

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