Abu al-Darda was a distinguished companion of the Khazraj tribe, renowned for his wisdom and asceticism. During the caliphate of Uthman he served as the first judge (kadı) of Damascus and, because he taught the Qur'an to its people, was called "the Qur'an teacher of Damascus." According to TDV sources his actual grave is in the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Damascus; stations attributed to him also exist in Üsküdar and Konya Ereğli. The station on Zal Paşa Avenue in Eyüp, Istanbul, is a symbolic pilgrimage site repaired under Mahmud II (with an inscription dated 1251/1835). It is therefore recorded here as a maqam whose grave-identity is contested, with the actual burial in Damascus. It should not be confused with the separate Abu al-Darda tomb in Bartın.