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ʿUthman ibn al-Huwayrith

عُثْمَانُ بْنُ ٱلْحُوَيْرِث

ʿUthmān ibn al-Ḥuwayrith

Seeker of the religion of Ibrahim

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Biography

ʿUthman ibn al-Huwayrith was one of the four Ḥunafāʾ of Mecca who sought the religion of Ibrahim. He travelled to Rome, became a Christian and found favour at the imperial court, and never returned to Mecca.

Significance

Among the four who sought the pure religion of Ibrahim before Islam.

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