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Ka‘ab al-Aḥbār (Arabic: كعب الأحبار full name Abū Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ibn Mati‘ al-Humyari al-Aḥbār) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam. He is counted among the Tabi’in and narrated many Isra’iliyat. He was an influential figure in the reigns of the Khalifs Umar and Uthman. Associated with the development of the Sunni tradition Ka’ab’s influence is deprecated within the Shia tradition of Islam.