ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn () was one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet

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Biography

He was married to Khawla bint Hakim, who like himself was one of the earliest converts to

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. According to

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, he led a group of Muslims to

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in the first migration which some of the early Muslims undertook to escape persecution in

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. He was also a cousin of Umayya ibn Khalaf. There is a narration that, out of religious devotion, Uthman ibn Maz'un decided to dedicate himself to prayer and take a vow of chastity from his wife. His wife spoke about this to Muhammad, who gently reminded Uthman that he himself, as the Islamic prophet, also had a family life, and that Uthman had a responsibility to his family and should not adopt monasticism as a form of religious practice. He died in the 3rd year after the

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(624/625 CE) and was either the first Companion or the first

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(immigrant to

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) to be buried in the cemetery of

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in Medina.

References

Companions of the Prophet 624 deaths Quraysh Burials at Jannat al-Baqī {{Islam-bio-stub