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tabarani:17758Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr

[Machine] Al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad passed away on the cliff, and men carried him to the city on their shoulders in the year thirty-three. Uthman bin Affan, also known as Abu Ma'bad, led the funeral prayer and he was around seventy years old.  

الطبراني:١٧٧٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ

«تُوُفِّيَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بِالْجُرُفِ وَحَمَلَهُ الرِّجَالُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى أَرْقَابِهِمْ فِي سَنَةِ ثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ يُكْنَى أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ وَسِنُّهُ نَحْوٌ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ»  


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hakim:5483al-Shaykh al-Imām Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr

[Machine] Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad, also known as Abu Ma'bad, died in the year thirty after reaching around seventy years old. He used to dye his beard. He died falling off a cliff, and his body was carried on the shoulders of men. Uthman ibn Affan prayed over him, and he was buried in al-Baqi'.  

الحاكم:٥٤٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ

«الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ يُكَنَّى أَبَا مَعْبَدٍ مَاتَ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثِينَ بَلَغَ نَحْوًا مِنْ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً وَكَانَ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ مَاتَ بِالْجُرْفِ فَحُمِلَ عَلَى رِقَابِ الرِّجَالِ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَدُفِنَ بِالْبَقِيعِ»