Tomb of Sahabi-e-Rasool, Mazin Bin Ghadooba R.A

مازن بن غضوبة رضي الله عنه
Suma'il, Oman

Mazin Bin Ghadoobah was the first Omani to be called to the Islamic faith. Mazin Bin Ghadoobah was the first Omani to be sent to meet prophet Muhammed after which he was worshipping a sculpture called "Nagger" in Sumail where he lives.

Mazin was born in Sumail and he became Muslim in The sixth century AH. The story of his Islam is famous in Oman. Before he became Muslim, he was pagan like the other Omani in that era and he had his own fetish which was called “Bajer”. One day, Mazin’s mother was very ill and about to die. During that, he asked his fetish to heal his mother by giving him the oblation. When Mazin returned to his home, he found that his mother was died. Mazin was angry and he decided to break his fetish. Mazin broke the fetish and he knew that it cannot hurt or save him. In fact, he believed that it was not his God.

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