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== Lineage, Birth, and Demise ==
== Lineage, Birth, and Demise ==
Miqdad b. 'Amr b. Tha'laba, known as Miqdad b. al-Aswad was born in [[Hadhramaut]], [[Yemen]] on 16 years after [['Am al-fil]] (b. 24 BH/586-7 - d. [[33]]/653-54).<ref>Ibn al-Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 5, p. 242.</ref> Biographers and historians have mentioned up to 20 of his ancestors.<ref>Ibn Ḥazm al-Andulusī, ''Jamhart ansāb al-ʿarab'', p. 441.</ref>  
Miqdad b. 'Amr b. Tha'laba, known as Miqdad b. al-Aswad, there is no information about his birth time but as the historian reported his death time in 33/653-54 when he was 70,<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 161.</ref> probably he was born on 16 years after [['Am al-fil]] (b. 24 BH/586-7 - d. [[33]]/653-54). Biographers and historians have mentioned up to 20 of his ancestors.<ref>Ibn Ḥazm al-Andulusī, ''Jamhart ansāb al-ʿarab'', p. 441.</ref>  


It is said that Miqdad had a quarrel with a person called "Abu Shimr b. Hajar" in Hadhramaut which led to that person's injury. After that, Miqdad went to [[Mecca]] and allied with [[Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth al-Zuhri]]. Thus, Aswad became Miqdad's father, and he came to be known as Miqdad b. Aswad and sometimes Miqdad al-Zuhri.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 160.</ref>
It is said that Miqdad had a quarrel with a person called "Abu Shimr b. Hajar" in Hadhramaut which led to that person's injury. After that, Miqdad went to [[Mecca]] and allied with [[Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth al-Zuhri]]. Thus, Aswad became Miqdad's father, and he came to be known as Miqdad b. Aswad and sometimes Miqdad al-Zuhri.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 6, p. 160.</ref>
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==Death and Burial Place==
==Death and Burial Place==
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.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 121; Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 134; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 204; Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 282.</ref> There is a grave attributed to Miqdad in Van in Turkey.<ref>Qummī, ''Muntahī l-āmāl'', vol. 1, p. 228.</ref> 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)]].<ref>Mazzī, ''Tahdhīb al-kamāl'', vol. 28, p. 452.</ref>
Late in his life, Miqdad resided in "Jurf" (an area one parasang away from [[Medina]] towards [[Syira]]), 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.<ref>Ibn Saʿd, ''al-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā'', vol. 3, p. 121; Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 10, p. 134; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 204; Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 7, p. 282.</ref> There is a grave attributed to Miqdad in Van in Turkey.<ref>Qummī, ''Muntahī l-āmāl'', vol. 1, p. 228.</ref> 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)]].<ref>Mazzī, ''Tahdhīb al-kamāl'', vol. 28, p. 452.</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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