Tamim al-Dari

Tamīm ibn Aws al-Dārī (Arabic: تميم بن أوس الداري, died 661) was a companion of Muhammad and an early convert from Christianity to Islam.

"[1]Originally a Christian priest, al-Dari lived in Byzantine-ruled Palestine and belonged to the Banu al-Dar—a clan of the Lakhm tribe.

Previously Muhammad granted Banu al-Dar a part of the revenues of conquered land after the Muslim victory at the Battle of Khaybar.

The matter was communicated to Caliph Umar (r. 634–644), and he referred it to Ali who said that Muhammad had foreseen all that would happen to Tamim and left the wife to have her own choice between the two husbands.

[7] On this island, he is taken by a strange creature al-Jassasah to meet a chained man inside of a monastery, who is said to have been intrigued by the arrival of the tribesman.

After the tribesmen answer him, the chained man announces he is the Dajjal, and provides them eschatological details related to the future, warning them of his advent.

[7] It is difficult to trace back the history of the property Tamim received as the city of Hebron is rarely mentioned in Islamic historical sources.

This argument was considered extremely audacious, depending more on political interests than Islamic jurisprudence, and was subsequently refuted at length by everyone who had commented on the subject thereafter.

[7] Eventually, the Daris' right to the property was defended by the great mystic and scholar, Al-Ghazali who happened to be in Jerusalem during this period.