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'''Aws b. Miʿyar b. Lawdhān al-Jumaḥī''' (Arabic:{{ia| اوس بن مِعیَر بن لَوذان الجُمَحی}}) (b. ? - d. [[59]]/678-9) known as '''Abū Mahdhūra''' ({{ia|ابومحذوره}}) was a [[sahaba|companion]] of the [[Prophet (s)]] and [[mu'adhdhin]] of [[Mecca]]. Abu Mahdhura's narrations in regard with [[adhan]] and [[iqama]] is an important basis for | '''Aws b. Miʿyar b. Lawdhān al-Jumaḥī''' (Arabic:{{ia| اوس بن مِعیَر بن لَوذان الجُمَحی}}) (b. ? - d. [[59]]/678-9) known as '''Abū Mahdhūra''' ({{ia|ابومحذوره}}) was a [[sahaba|companion]] of the [[Prophet (s)]] and [[mu'adhdhin]] of [[Mecca]]. Abu Mahdhura's narrations in regard with [[adhan]] and [[iqama]] is an important basis for their rulings. | ||
==Name and Lineage== | ==Name and Lineage== | ||
There is a disagreement on the issue of his exact | There is a disagreement on the issue of his exact name and the name of his father. Different records of historians and biographers make the ultimate conclusion over their exact names difficult. Some accounts present him as "Samura" or with some other names; Even in some sources, "Aws" or "Anis" has been reported as the brother of Abu Mahdhura, and that he was one of pagans killed in the [[Battle of Badr]]; according to [[Ibn 'Abbas]], this person was among those who were referred to as al-muqtasimin (those who make division) in [[Qur'an 15]]:90 {{enote|{{ia|كَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى المُقْتَسِمِينَ}}: such as we send down for those who make division. (Qur'an 15:90)}}. However, regarding the name of his father, it is mainly a matter of scribal error. | ||
==Mu'adhdhin of Mecca== | ==Mu'adhdhin of Mecca== | ||
Abu Mahdhura had a nice voice and in a poem, [[Abu Dahbal]] praised his loud and nice voice. It's been reported that Abu Mahdhura converted to Islam on the day of [[Conquest of Mecca]], according to some accounts he converted to Islam after the [[Battle of Hunayn]] and then he was appointed by the [[Prophet (s)]] as the [[mu'adhdhin]] (reciter of adhan) of [[Mecca]]. Also it's been reported that he, along others, repeated the adhan which was recited by the mu'adhdhin of the Prophet (s), upon hearing his voice, the Prophet (s) appointed him as the mu'adhdhin of Mecca. | Abu Mahdhura had a nice voice and in a poem, [[Abu Dahbal]] praised his loud and nice voice. It's been reported that Abu Mahdhura converted to Islam on the day of [[Conquest of Mecca]], according to some accounts he converted to Islam after the [[Battle of Hunayn]] and then he was appointed by the [[Prophet (s)]] as the [[mu'adhdhin]] (reciter of adhan) of [[Mecca]]. Also it's been reported that he, along others, repeated the adhan which was recited by the mu'adhdhin of the Prophet (s), upon hearing his voice, the Prophet (s) appointed him as the mu'adhdhin of Mecca. | ||
In a narration by [[Ibn Sa'd]], three individuals are counted as the mu'adhdhins of the Prophet (s): [[Bilal b. Rabah|Bilal]], Abu Mahdhura, and [[Ibn Umm Maktum]], and whenever Bilal was absent, Abu Mahdhura would recite the adhan; however as Ibn Sa'd himself mentions Abu Mahdhura's residence in Mecca, the Issue of him being a replacement for Bilal, remains | In a narration by [[Ibn Sa'd]], three individuals are counted as the mu'adhdhins of the Prophet (s): [[Bilal b. Rabah|Bilal]], Abu Mahdhura, and [[Ibn Umm Maktum]], and whenever Bilal was absent, Abu Mahdhura would recite the adhan; however, as Ibn Sa'd himself mentions Abu Mahdhura's residence in Mecca, the Issue of him being a replacement for Bilal, remains a matter of doubt. | ||
===After the demise of the Prophet (s)=== | ===After the demise of the Prophet (s)=== | ||
Abu Mahdhura continued reciting [[adhan]] in Mecca after the demise of the [[Prophet (s)]] and even when [[Mu'awiya]] appointed an adhan reciter | Abu Mahdhura continued reciting [[adhan]] in Mecca after the demise of the [[Prophet (s)]] and even when [[Mu'awiya]] appointed an adhan reciter in his stead, Abu Mahdhura pushed the appointed person into the [[Well of Zamzam]]. The recitation of adhan in [[al-Masjid al-Haram]] remained in his descendants, generation after generation, for the next three centuries. | ||
In later stages of life, he had a short trip to [[Kufa]]. He remained the Adhan Reciter of [[al-Masjid al-Haram]] and passed away in [[Mecca]]. | In later stages of life, he had a short trip to [[Kufa]]. He remained the Adhan Reciter of [[al-Masjid al-Haram]] and passed away in [[Mecca]]. | ||