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==Demise==
==Demise==
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He was the first Muhajir (Emigrant) to pass away in [[Medina]] in [[2]]/624 (22 months after the arrival of the Prophet (s) in Medina), and was buried in [[al-Baqi']].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1053; Ibn Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 495.</ref> According to Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, some reported that he passed away after the [[Battle of Badr]] - 30 months after the arrival of the Prophet (s) in Medina.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1053.</ref> Probably the different reports about his demise date originate in a disagreement between [[Muhajirin]] and [[Ansar]] about the first companion of the Prophet (s) buried in al-Baqi': Ansar believed that [[As'ad b. Zurara]], who was present in both [[Pledge of al-'Aqaba|Pledges of al-'Aqaba]] and passed away before the Battle of Badr was the first companion buried in al-Baqi';<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 1, p. 81.</ref> while Muhajirin believed that it was 'Uthman b. Maz'un.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 1, p. 81; Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 1, p. 209.</ref>
He was the first Muhajir (Emigrant) to pass away in [[Medina]] in [[2]]/624 (22 months after the arrival of the Prophet (s) in Medina), and was buried in [[al-Baqi']].<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1053; Ibn Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 495.</ref> According to Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, some reported that he passed away after the [[Battle of Badr]] - 30 months after the arrival of the Prophet (s) in Medina.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 3, p. 1053.</ref> Probably the different reports about his demise date originate in a disagreement between [[Muhajirin]] and [[Ansar]] about the first companion of the Prophet (s) buried in al-Baqi': Ansar believed that [[As'ad b. Zurara]], who was present in both [[Pledge of al-'Aqaba|Pledges of al-'Aqaba]] and passed away before the Battle of Badr was the first companion buried in al-Baqi';<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 1, p. 81.</ref> while Muhajirin believed that it was 'Uthman b. Maz'un.<ref>Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, ''al-Istīʿāb'', vol. 1, p. 81; Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 1, p. 209.</ref>


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==Tomb==
==Tomb==
{{Map of al-Baqi'}}
'Uthman b. Maz'un was buried in the middle of al-Baqi' cemetery. The Prophet (s) marked his grave with a stone and visited it.<ref>Ibn Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 496.</ref> This stone was on his grave until the time of [[Mu'awiya]]'s reign,<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wifā'', vol. 3, p. 84.</ref> then it was put on [['Uthman b. 'Affan]]'s grave - which was later added to al-Baqi' - by Mu'awiya's order.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wifā'', vol. 3, p. 84.</ref>
'Uthman b. Maz'un was buried in the middle of al-Baqi' cemetery. The Prophet (s) marked his grave with a stone and visited it.<ref>Ibn Athīr, ''Usd al-ghāba'', vol. 3, p. 496.</ref> This stone was on his grave until the time of [[Mu'awiya]]'s reign,<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wifā'', vol. 3, p. 84.</ref> then it was put on [['Uthman b. 'Affan]]'s grave - which was later added to al-Baqi' - by Mu'awiya's order.<ref>Samhūdī, ''Wafāʾ al-wifā'', vol. 3, p. 84.</ref>


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