Anas ibn Mālikأنس بن مالك | |
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| Born | c. 612 CE Medina, Hejaz, Arabia(present-daySaudi Arabia) |
| Died | c. 712 CE (93AH) (aged 100) |
| Burial place | Basra, Iraq |
| Other names | Ibn Malik Abu Hamza |
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| Notable work | Hadith |
| Title | Khadim al-Nabi |
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| Family | Banu Najjar (fromBanu Khazraj) |
Anas ibn Mālik ibn Naḍr al-Khazrajī al-Anṣārī (Arabic:أنس بن مالك الخزرجي الأنصاري;c. 612 – c. 712) was acompanion of theIslamic prophetMuhammad.[1][2][3] He was nicknamedKhadim al-Nabi (lit. Servant of the Prophet) for serving Muhammad for ten years.
Anas ibn Malik, a member of theNajjar clan of theKhazraj tribe ofYathrib, was born in 612, ten years before theHijrah. Anas ibn Malik's father was Malik ibn Nadr and his mother was Umm Sulaym.[4] His father, Malik ibn Nadr was a non-Muslim and was angry with his mother,Umm Sulaym for her conversion to Islam. Malik bin Nadr went toDamascus and died there.[2] She remarried to a new convert,Abu Talha al-Ansari. Anas's half-brother from this marriage was Abdullah ibn Abi Talha.
When Muhammad arrived in Medina in 622, Anas's mother presented him to Muhammad as a servant to him.[3] Under the leadership of Muhammad, he participated in major events includingTreaty of al-Hudaybiya,Battle of Khaybar,Conquest of Mecca,Siege of Taif and theFarewell Pilgrimage.[2]
After Muhammad's death in 632, Anas participated in theearly Muslim conquests.[3] In 638 AD (17 H), Anas went toBasra whenAbu Musa al-Ash'ari was its governor.[citation needed]
He was considered as the last of the prominentcompanions of Muhammad to die, having outlived Muhammad by 80 years.[1][2] Anas died in 93 AH (712 CE) in Basra at the age of 103 (lunar) years.[5][6]
The tomb of Anas ibn Malik is located 20 minutes away from Basra's city center. It was damaged in 2016 during thewar in Iraq and has not yet been reconstructed by the Iraqi government.[1][7] However, the shrine was destroyed with explosive devices.[citation needed] The mosque and shrine is heavily damaged and walls stained with vandalism. The complex is still visited by Muslims, but the shrine doors have been sealed with concrete preventing pilgrims from entering and the deceased from being visited.[citation needed]
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