Uthman b. Maz'un: Difference between revisions

After his demise the Prophet (s) kissed between his eyes and said, “What a good predecessor was ‘Uthman b. Maz’un for us.”

‘Uthman b. Maz’un was buried in the middle of Baqi’ cemetery. The Prophet (s) marked his grave with a stone and visited it. This stone was on his grave until the time of Mu’awiya’s reign, then it was put on ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan’s grave - which was later added to Baqi' - by Mu’awiya’s order.  

Other great figures were buried near ‘Uthman b. Maz’un’s grave. Recent sources reported that there was a shrine and a dome over his grave; but there is no information about the sponsor or the time of building that shrine. Concerning the similarity between the Zarih of the infallible Imams buried in Baqi’ and the Zarih on ‘Uthman b. Maz’un’s grave, some scholars attributed building of his shrine to Majd al-Malik Baravistani (d. 492 or 493) the Persian vizier of Sultan Barkiaraq Saljuqi (reign 486-498).

Describing his Zarih, Ibn Jubayr reported that it was made of wood, decorated with exquisite patterns and beautiful nails knocked on it. The Zarih was like a wooden window, that opens toward Qibla. After mentioning the grave of Ibrahim, Matari also mentioned a latticed Zarih located toward the Qibla of the grave.  

The dome built on his tomb was white. According to the reports about the building - the last of which is from Raf’at Pasha in 1325 – it existed until the first destruction of the shrines in Baqi’ - by the first Saudi government - in 1220.