Death of Uthman ibn Maz'un

Uthman ibn Maz'un was among the earliest converts and one of the first emigrants to both Abyssinia and Medina. He was the first Muhajir to die in Medina and the first to be buried in the cemetery of al-Baqi'. The Prophet ﷺ kissed his forehead as he lay dead and wept. He placed a stone marker on his grave, saying: 'So that I may bury beside him those of my family who die.' His death established al-Baqi' as the cemetery of the Muslim community.