Uthman b. Maz'un: Difference between revisions

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>