Wabisa ibn Ma'bad al-Asadi (Arabic: وابصة بن معبد الأسدي) was one of the Sahaba who lived between the 7th to 8th centuries. He was a narrator of Hadith as well as an ascetic.
Biography
editWabisa ibn Ma'bad al-Asadi belonged to the tribe of Banu Asad. He converted to Islam between the years 630–631. Wabisa originally settled in Kufa but later moved to Raqqa where he spent the rest of his life and died there in the year 707.[1][2][3]
In terms of personality, Wabisa was an ascetic who preferred sitting with the poor.[4]
Hadith he narrated
editWabisa narrated that Muhammad said:[5][6]
Consult your soul, consult your heart, oh Wabisa. Righteousness is what is satisfying to your soul and your heart. Sin is what wavers in your soul and causes hesitancy in your chest, even if the people give you a judgment, and again give you a judgment.
Tomb
editWabisa died in 707, and was buried in Raqqa, at the site of the Great Mosque of Raqqa.[7][8][2] A domed mausoleum was constructed over his purported grave in 1836 during the Ottoman period, but it was ultimately bulldozed and completely razed away in 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[9] Recent research disputed the attribution of this domed mausoleum to Wabisa, and instead concluded that it was the tomb of Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm, the Ottoman governor of Raqqa who had died of a plague and was buried in the courtyard of the ruined mosque.[10] The real grave of Wabisa is believed to be located underneath a modern madrasa in the Mishlab neighbourhood of Raqqa.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Encyclopedia of Hadith Narrators: Wabisa ibn Ma'bad al-Asadi". 2021-09-27. Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ a b Ibn al-Athir (2012). Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah (Volume 5) [The Lions of the Forest and the knowledge about the Companions]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ibn Hazm. p. 76. ISBN 978-9953-81-621-0.
- ^ Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (1856–1873), Al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣahābah (Volume 6). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyah.
- ^ "موسوعة التراجم والأعلام - وابصة بن معبد الجهني". 2021-09-27. Archived from the original on 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ Al-Darimi recorded this Hadith as number 2533 in his multivolume work Sunan al-Darimi, in the book regarding trade.
- ^ al-Musnad al-Jami' - Sunan al-Darimi (المُسْنَد الجَامِع المعروف سُنَن الدَّارِمِي) Imam Abi Muhammad al-Darimi. ISBN 978-9933-23-191-0. Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.
- ^ al-Qushayri. The History of Raqqa. p. 29.
- ^ al-Dhahabi (2003-01-01). Tarikh al-Islam [Islamic Histories of Dhahabi].
- ^ "CHI – Incident Report Feature – al-Qadim Mosque - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)". 2019-09-14. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ a b "البحث عن قبر الصحابي "وابصة بن معبد الأسدي"". www.esyria.sy (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-05-10.