Uqba ibn Amr al-Ansari (), also known by his '' kunya'' Abu Mas'ud () al-Ansari was a companion of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

. He was a prominent narrator of hadith, quoted in

Sahih Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

, the most prominent source of

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among Sunni Muslims. He reportedly narrated 102 or more hadiths.

Life

Uqba belonged to

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and was among those who were present in the Pledge of al-Aqaba and promised that they would protect Muhammad at the cost of their lives. He took part in all battles with Muhammad and is said to have fought heroically. Uqba opposed the Kufan revolt against

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(), the third caliph of the

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. Uthman's successor

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() appointed Uqba as the governor of

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. Afterward, Uqba married his daughter Umm Bashir to Ali's son

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. The modern historian

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suggests that Ali was hoping to strength his relations with Uqba. Hasan and Umm Bashir had two (or possibly three) children with Umm Bashir, with their eldest son Zayd, his daughter Umm al-Husayn. It is also held that the couple had another daughter named Umm al-Hasan.

References

Bibliography

* Sahabah hadith narrators {{DEFAULTSORT:Uqba_ibn_Amr_ Al_Ansari