Kitāb al-Ghayba

Hadith 239
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ومنهم ربيع بن ضبع بن وهب بن بغيض بن مالك بن سعد بن عيس بن فزارة، عاش ثلاثمائة سنة وأربعين سنة،فأدرك النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ولم يسلم.
Rabi bin Zaba is among those who lived for a long time; he lived for 340 years and saw the Holy Prophet (s); however he did not embrace Islam.
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī

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