Nafi ibn al-Harith

Physician

– 0670

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Who was Nafi ibn al-Harith?

Nafi ibn al-Harith bin Kalada al-Thaqafi was an Arab physician of the Banu Thaqif and was recommended by prophet Muhammad and treated Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, and when Abu Bakr was dying, he designated his illness as poisoning.

Trained in Yemen, he is reported to have written a book named Dialog in Medicine. He was the chief physician and teacher at the Academy of Gundishapur in Persia.

He was half brother of Nufay ibn al-Harith.

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Religion
  • Islam
Profession
Died
0670

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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