Uqba ibn Amr al-Ansari (Arabic: عقبة بن عمرو الأنصاري, romanizedʿUqba ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī), also known by his kunya Abu Mas'ud (Arabic: أبو مسعود, romanizedAbū Masʿūd) al-Ansari was a companion of Muhammad.[citation needed] He was a prominent narrator of hadith, quoted in Sahih Bukhari, the most prominent source of Hadith among Sunni Muslims.[citation needed] He reportedly narrated 102 or more hadiths.[citation needed]

Uqba ibn Amr
عقبة بن عمرو
Governor of Kufa
In office
656–667
Preceded byAbu Musa al-Ash'ari
Succeeded byAl-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
Personal details
BornMedina, Arabia
RelationsHasan ibn Ali (son-in-law)
ChildrenMas'ud
Umm Bashir

Life

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Uqba belonged to Medina 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.[citation needed] He took part in all battles with Muhammad and is said to have fought heroically.[citation needed]

Uqba opposed the Kufan revolt against Uthman (r. 644–656), the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.[1] Uthman's successor Ali (r. 656–661) appointed Uqba as the governor of Kufa. Afterward, Uqba married his daughter Umm Bashir to Ali's son Hasan.[1] The modern historian Wilferd Madelung suggests that Ali was hoping to strength his relations with Uqba.[1] 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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Madelung 1997, p. 381.

Bibliography

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  • Madelung, Wilferd (1997). The Succession to Muhammad: A Study of the Early Caliphate. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52-164696-3.