Nafi ibn al-Harith
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Nafi ibn al-Harith bin Kalada al-Thaqafi (in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 نافع بن الحارث بن كلدة الثقفي ) (died 670
670
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 AD) was an Arab physician of the Banu Thaqif
Banu Thaqif
The Thaqif was one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era. Thaqif was the main tribe of the town of Taif, in present-day Saudi Arabia, and descendants of the tribe still live in that city today and so many names in Arab countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Hatay...

 and was recommended by prophet Muhammad
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 and treated Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas
Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas
Saad ibn Abī Waqqās was an early convert to Islam in 610-11 and one of the important companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Sa'd was the seventeenth person to embrace Islam at the age of seventeen...

, and when Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...

 was dying, he designated his illness as poisoning.

Trained in Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

 ,, 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
Nufay ibn al-Harith
Abu Bakra bin Kalada al-Thaqafi at-Thaifi better known as Nufay ibn al-Harith was the half brother of Nafi ibn al-Harith....

(also known as Abu Bakra bin Kalada al-Thaqafi at-Thaifi).

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