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| Late in his life, Miqdad resided in "Jurf" (an area one parasang away from [[Medina]] towards [[al-Sham]]), and died in 33/654 at the age of 70. The Muslims took his corpse to Medina, 'Uthman b. 'Affan said the [[Funeral Prayer]] for him, and he was buried in [[al-Baqi']] cemetery. There is a grave attributed to Miqdad in Van in Turkey. On one account, Miqdad was rich and he willed that 36000 dirhams of his possessions be given to [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]. | | Late in his life, Miqdad resided in "Jurf" (an area one parasang away from [[Medina]] towards [[al-Sham]]), and died in 33/654 at the age of 70. The Muslims took his corpse to Medina, 'Uthman b. 'Affan said the [[Funeral Prayer]] for him, and he was buried in [[al-Baqi']] cemetery. There is a grave attributed to Miqdad in Van in Turkey. On one account, Miqdad was rich and he willed that 36000 dirhams of his possessions be given to [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]. |
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| == In the Reign of 'Uthman ==
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| Al-Ya'qubi says: "some people supported [[Ali (a)]] and started to blame [['Uthman b. 'Affan|'Uthman]]. Someone said: "I went to the [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]] and saw a man kneeling with such a regret as he had had all the world in his hands and now had lost it; he was saying:
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| : "it's strange that [[Quraysh]] withheld the [[Caliphate]] from the family of their [[Prophet (s)]], when the first of the faithful and the cousin of the Prophet, the most knowledgeable and the one who knows the religion of [[God]] the best, the one who suffered the most in the way of [[Islam]], the one who knows the way the best and guides to the straight path, is among them. By [[Allah]], they robbed the Caliphate from the pure guided guider and neither wanted the benefit for people nor the righteousness in the manner, they chose the world over [[hereafter]], may the curse of Allah be upon the wrongdoers."
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| I went near him and asked: "God bless you, who are you and who is the man (you are speaking about)?"
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| He said: "I am Miqdad b. 'Amr and the man is [[Ali b. Abi Talib]]."
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| I said: "Don't you rise to this matter (the Caliphate of Imam Ali (a) ) so I support you?"
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| He said: "brother, one or two men are not sufficient for the affair."
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| So I came out and saw [[Abu Dhar al-Ghifari|Abu Dhar]] and told him the story, he said: "my brother, Miqdad, is right". Then I came to [['Abd Allah b. Mas'ud]] and told him the story, he said: "it has been told to us and we haven't abstained."
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| == References == | | == References == |
