The companions رضي الله عنهم
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه
عبد الرحمن بن عوف
A migrant who asked to be shown the market and began trading in Madinah.
He asked to be shown the market
His challenges and choices
- After migrating to Madinah, he declined an offer of half his brother-in-faith's wealth and asked instead to be shown the market, where he began trading.
His standing in the sources
- The Prophet ﷺ established a bond of brotherhood between him and Saʿd ibn al-Rabīʿ رضي الله عنه.
Connected lives
- Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه aṣ-Ṣiddīq
Bought and freed Bilāl رضي الله عنه and other tortured slaves; brought ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه, az-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه, Saʿd and Ṭalḥah رضي الله عنهم to Islam.
Sources and accounts
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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه
He asked to be shown the market
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048After migrating to Madinah, he declined an offer of half his brother-in-faith's wealth and asked instead to be shown the market, where he began trading.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048The Prophet ﷺ established a bond of brotherhood between him and Saʿd ibn al-Rabīʿ رضي الله عنه.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2048
Connected accounts
Abū Bakr رضي الله عنه aṣ-Ṣiddīq — Bought and freed Bilāl رضي الله عنه and other tortured slaves; brought ʿUthmān رضي الله عنه, az-Zubayr, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf رضي الله عنه, Saʿd and Ṭalḥah رضي الله عنهم to Islam.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3653; ; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī