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===Family=== | ===Family=== | ||
'''Wife:''' Miqdad's wife was [[Duba'a bt. Zubayr b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|Duba'a]], the [[Prophet (s)|Prophet's (s)]] cousin and [[Zubayr b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]]'s daughter.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 205.</ref> The Prophet (s) married Duba'a to Miqdad although he considered her as having a great prestige and lineage, saying: "I married my cousin, Duba'a, to Miqdad, so that people can take marriage | '''Wife:''' Miqdad's wife was [[Duba'a bt. Zubayr b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|Duba'a]], the [[Prophet (s)|Prophet's (s)]] cousin and [[Zubayr b. 'Abd al-Muttalib]]'s daughter.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 1, p. 205.</ref> The Prophet (s) married Duba'a to Miqdad although he considered her as having a great prestige and lineage, saying: "I married my cousin, Duba'a, to Miqdad, so that people can take marriage eai, be encouraged to marry their daughters to every believer, regardless of what lineage and prestige they have."<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 22, p. 265.</ref> | ||
'''Children:''' Miqdad had two children called 'Abd Allah and Karima. 'Abd Allah was a supporter of [[Aisha]] in the [[Battle of Jamal]], fought against [[Imam Ali (a)]], and was killed in that battle. At the end of the battle when Imam Ali (a) looked at 'Abd Allah's corpse, he told him: "how bad a nephew you have been!"<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 5, p. 22.</ref> On some accounts, the name of Miqdad's son was "Ma'bad", not "'Abd Allah."<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 264-265.</ref> | '''Children:''' Miqdad had two children called 'Abd Allah and Karima. 'Abd Allah was a supporter of [[Aisha]] in the [[Battle of Jamal]], fought against [[Imam Ali (a)]], and was killed in that battle. At the end of the battle when Imam Ali (a) looked at 'Abd Allah's corpse, he told him: "how bad a nephew you have been!"<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 5, p. 22.</ref> On some accounts, the name of Miqdad's son was "Ma'bad", not "'Abd Allah."<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 264-265.</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 [[ | Late in his life, Miqdad resided in "Jurf" (an area one parasang away from [[Medina]] towards [[Syria]]), and died in [[33]]/654 at the age of seventy. 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 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== | ||