Jannat ul Baqi Madina Graveyard | Grave of Hazrat Bibi Fatima AS & Imam Hassan & Imam Zain ul Abidin
Jannat ul Baqi Madina Graveyard | Grave of Hazrat Bibi Fatima AS & Imam Hassan & Imam Zain ul Abidin @makkahmadinatv
According to the historian Ali al-Samhudi (d. 911/1533), the first companion to be buried in Jannatul Baqi was As’ad ibn Zurarah I from the Khazraj tribe of Madinah. He was from among the Ansar (helpers) and passed away nine months after the Prophet’s ﷺ arrival in Madinah.10
The first from the Muhajirun (migrants) to be buried in Jannatul Baqi was Uthman ibn Maz’un I in 2 AH. The Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral prayer and took part in his burial. He placed a stone at his head and said, ‘This is the grave of our predecessor’. The Prophet ﷺ would visit his grave on various occasions.11 After the death of the next migrant, the Prophet ﷺ was asked where she should be buried, to which he replied, ‘with our predecessor, Uthman ibn Maz’un.12
