`Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf
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Abdur Rahman bin Awf, (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عوف) (d. 652[citation needed]) was one of the sahaba.
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[edit] Name
His name has also be tranlisterated as Abdur Rahman Ibn Awf, Abdur-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf.
[edit] Biography
[edit] Family
Abd-al-Rahman was born with the name Abdu Amr ibn Awf into the tribe of Banu Zuhrah [1].
He married the Uthman ibn Affan's half-sister, the daughter of Uthman's mother Urwa bint Kariz by her second husband. [2].
Sa`ad ibn Abi Waqqas was his first cousin [2].
[edit] Conversion to Islam
He was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam, doing so two days after Abu Bakr. On this occasion he adopted the name Abd-al-Rahman, meaning "Slave of (God) the Beneficient".
[edit] Abd al-Rahman and Umayah
Abd al-Rahman was friends with Umayyah ibn Khalaf, a stern opponent of Islam. When Abd al-Rahman emigrated to Medina, the two formed an written agreement, according to which Abd-al-Rahman was to protect Umayah's property and family in Medina, while Umayyah would protect Abd-al-Rahman's in Mecca. When Abd al-Rahman wanted to sign the document, Umayyah protested, saying "I do not know Ar-Rahman" and requested that the pre-Islamic name "Abdu Amr" should be used, to which Ad al-Rahman yielded. [3]
The two met again in the Battle of Badr:
[edit] Role in successions to the Caliphate
In 634 CE, the dying Caliph Abu Bakr called in Abd al-Rahman (along with Uthman) and informed him of his designation of Umar ibn al-Khattab as successor. (See Hadith of the succession to Abu Bakr.
In 644, the dying Umar nominated a board of six members who were required to elect one of themselves as the next caliph. The group consisted of Sad Ibn Abi Waqqas, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, Talha ibn Ubayd Allah, Ali ibn Abi Talib and Uthman ibn Affan. Uthman was chosen as the third caliph [5].
[edit] Sunni view
Sunnis regard him as one of The Ten Promised Paradise.
[edit] Shi'a view
Ali Asgher Razwy, a 20th century Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar states:
Razwy also writes:
[edit] See also
- Family tree of Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf
- Sahaba
- The Ten Promised Paradise
[edit] References
- ^ The Origins and Early Development of Shi`a Islam p.58-079
- ^ a b A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims on Al-Islam.org [1]
- ^ Sahih Bukhari 3:38:498
- ^ http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/038.sbt.html#003.038.498
- ^ Masudul Hasan, Hadrat Ali, Islamic Publications Ltd. Lahore
- ^ a b A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims on Al-Islam.org [2]
