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'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> | ||
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 Darih of the [[Imams of al-Baqi'|infallible Imams]] buried in Baqi' and the Darih of 'Uthman b. Maz'un's grave, some scholars attributed building of his shrine to Majd al-Malik Baravistani (d. 492/ | 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 Darih of the [[Imams of al-Baqi'|infallible Imams]] buried in Baqi' and the Darih of 'Uthman b. Maz'un's grave, some scholars attributed building of his shrine to Majd al-Malik Baravistani (d. 492/1098-9 or 493/1099-1100) the Persian vizier of Sultan Barkiaraq Saljuqi (reign 486-498/1093-4 -1104-5).<ref>Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 3, p. 299.</ref> | ||
Describing his Darih, Ibn Jubayr reported that it was made of wood, decorated with exquisite patterns and beautiful nails knocked on it. The Darih was like a wooden window, that opens toward [[Qibla]]. After mentioning the grave of Ibrahim, al-Matari also mentioned a latticed Darih located toward the Qibla of the grave.<ref>Maṭarī, ''al-Taʿrīf'', p. 119.</ref> | Describing his Darih, Ibn Jubayr reported that it was made of wood, decorated with exquisite patterns and beautiful nails knocked on it. The Darih was like a wooden window, that opens toward [[Qibla]]. After mentioning the grave of Ibrahim, al-Matari also mentioned a latticed Darih located toward the Qibla of the grave.<ref>Maṭarī, ''al-Taʿrīf'', p. 119.</ref> | ||