A young scholar among the Ansar, remembered as the Companion most knowledgeable in the lawful and forbidden; the Prophet sent him to Yemen as judge and teacher. He died in the plague of Amwas in 18 AH. His shrine stands at al-Shunah al-Shamaliyah (North Shuna) in the Jordan Valley and is visited. (Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi 'Muâz b. Cebel'; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shunah_al-Shamalyah)