أسعد بن المطران

أسعد بن المطران

تقریباً 1191 عیسوی · 587 ھ

Al-Muwaffaq As'ad b. al-Matran the physician, a Christian who embraced Islam; abundant in chivalry, fine of character, an intercessor for people with the sultan, loyal to the Prophet's house — he loved a lad named Umar, so Ibn Unayn lampooned those who called him a Shi'i: 'How could the Rafidi creed be his madhhab, when none but Umar called him to Islam?'; he visited the sick among the poor, carrying them syrups and medicines, even bath fees, and was handsome to look at. He died at Damascus and was buried at Qasyun by the roadside, by the house of his wife Jawza, who kept a mosque beside his tomb — still called Dar Jawza; he died in 587 ¹.