the Prophet's seal lost in Bi'r Aris (30 AH)

سقوط خاتم النبي في بئر أريس

650 CE · 30 AH

Madinat al-Mubarak

The Prophet's seal-ring slipped from 'Uthman's hand into Bi'r Aris, a well two miles from Medina; they bailed it out and never found it — an omen people long remembered 1.

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The Rashidun Caliphate

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In this year the Prophet ﷺ's seal-ring fell from 'Uthman's hand into Bi'r Aris — a well two miles from Medina; they bailed it out and never found it, and it became one of those things that weighed upon the people 1.

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Madinat al-Mubarak
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Uthman ibn Affan

People and things also explored

'Uthman's expansion of the Prophet's Mosque (29 AH)· Abu Dharr's banishment to al-Rabdha (30 AH)· The three years of the secret call· Ali's stance during the siege of Uthman· Ali carries out the drinking penalty on al-Walid ibn Uqba· Ali refuses to lead prayer while the caliph is besieged· Amr's Dismissal and Ibn Abi Sarh's Sole Charge of Egypt· Stipends of Heirs and the Dead

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 483
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