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Abi Waqqas Mosque and Tomb: An Important Islamic Heritage Site
Guangzhou Abi Waqqas Mosque (Xianxian Mosque) holds the tomb of a highly revered Muslim sage. Find out about the largest mosque in Guangzhou here.
Housed in a tranquil area with many large trees and small gardens, the Abi Waqqas mosque complex is a place that holds a position of special importance. Not only is it the biggest of all mosques in Guangzhou with many believers converging towards it for the Friday prayer, it also houses the tomb of a very revered sage of the Muslims. People come from different areas of China and the rest of the world to visit this place and pay homage to the sage.
The Islamic Sage, Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas
Sa'ad bin Abi Waqqas was one of the very first converts to Islam, accepting it at the age of seventeen. He was pious, just and honest. He was one of the best archers of the time and later became an accomplished soldier and commander. He is a relative (uncle) of the Prophet Muhammad and one
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Introducing Tomb of Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas, Tomb of Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas Guide.
Article from Guangzhou Municipal kommission of Tourism
The Tomb of Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas also named Guangzhou Mausoleum of Ancient Islamic Sage, is the grave of Sa`d ibn Abi Waqqas, the first missionary who introduced Islam into China in the early Tang Dynasty. He is the first disciple of kinesisk Islam and the founder of Islamic classic culture, thus his Tomb of Sa'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas was viewed as the "Shrine of Islamic Sage" by kinesisk and utländsk Muslims for over one thousand years with pilgrims visiting it in an endless stream. Cantonese residents have also referred to it as the "Daren Mausoleum"; with "Daren" referring to Waqqas.
According to historical religious records, at the beginning of Tang Dynasty, Othman, the Third Khalifa of the Islam, dispatched three missionaries Uwais, Qays and Waqqaas to China. Uwais died midway in Yumen, Gansu and was buri
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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Muslim general (c. 595 – 674)
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri (Arabic: سَعْد بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاص بْنِ وهَيْب الزُّهري, romanized: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhrī) was an ArabMuslim commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. He played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of Persia and was a close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Sa'd was the seventh free adult man to embrace Islam, which he did at the age of seventeen.[1] Sa'd participated in all battles under Muhammad during their stay in Medina. Sa'd was famous for his leadership in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the conquest of the Sasanian capital Ctesiphon in 636. After the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and the Siege of Ctesiphon (637), Sa'd served as the supreme commander of the Rashidun army in Iraq, which conquered Khuzestan and built the garrison city of Kufa.[citation needed] Due to complaints abo