Uthman ibn Maz'un

Uthman ibn Maz'un al-Jumahi was one of the earliest converts to Islam, renowned for his asceticism and piety. He accepted Islam early in Mecca, joined the first emigration to Abyssinia, and later migrated to Medina. He was famed for his devotion and his caution against sin; tradition records that when he sought to renounce all worldly pleasures, the Prophet called him to moderation and reminded him of his obligations to his family and to himself. He died in 2 AH in Medina and became the first of the Muhajirun (emigrants) to be buried in the Jannat al-Baqi cemetery. The Prophet placed a stone at the head of his grave and said, "This is the grave of our predecessor," and thereafter directed that relatives be buried near "our predecessor Uthman ibn Maz'un." He thus symbolically inaugurated the Baqi cemetery. Like all graves in Baqi, his is today unmarked, since the headstones and domed structures were removed and individual graves can no longer be precisely located.