Day 1 : Jordan boasts many shrines of the honourable companions of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Today we visited 4 such companions. Including the tomb of Amir ibn Abi Waqqas. The venerable companion Amir ibn Abi Waqqas was the maternal cousin of the Prophet and the 11th man to convert to Islam. He was devoted to his faith, although his mother Himnah, daughter of Abi Sufyan ibn Harb ibn Umayyah, swore to stay out in the burning sun until he renounces Islam. He migrated to Abyssinia and fought in the Battle of Uhud and was later entrusted with carrying messages from the commanders of the Muslim army to the Caliph in Medina. Furthermore, he was the deputy of the venerable companion Abu Ubeida in his governorship of the military district of Syria. You can visit his tomb located inside a new building erected on vaults, within the village of Waqqas in the northern Jordan Valley.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:07:19 +0000
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