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ABŪ MŪSĀ AŠʿARĪ, ʿABDALLĀH B. QAYS, a Companion of the Prophet and important participant in the troubles which occupied the caliphate of ʿAlī. He was at various times governor of Baṣra and Kūfa and was involved in the early Arab conquests in Persia. In spite of plentiful references to him in the sources for the early history of Islam, it is not possible to be sure regarding many of the details of his career and the interpretation and evaluation of the role which he played in certain events.

The sources agree that Abū Mūsā came originally from the Yemen, where his tribe, the Ašʿar, dwelled in the pre-Islamic period, and that he first accepted Islam at Mecca before the Heǰra but only joined the Prophet after the Heǰra at the time of the conquest of Ḵaybar in 7/ Between his acceptance of Islam and his joining the Prophet, some traditions say that he was in Abyssinia with those Muslims who went there from Mecca, others that he returned to his tribe in the Yemen (Ebn Saʿd, IV/1, pp. ). In 8/, following the conquest of Mecca, Abū Mūsā is named as one of those sent by the Prophet on the expedition to Awṭās (Wāqedī, Maḡāzī, London, , pp. ; Ṭabarī, I, pp. ). In 10/ he is said to have been sent by the Prophet as one of the governors over the Yemen, remaining there until the caliphate of Abū Bakr and taking part in the fighting against the local leader of the redda (lit. “apostasy”) movement, al-Aswad (Ṭabarī, I, pp. , , ).

The various appointments of Abū Mūsā to the governorates of Baṣra and Kūfa were made during the caliphates of ʿOmar and ʿOṯmān, but the exact dates and circumstances are not always clear. It seems likely that he was first made governor of Baṣra by ʿOmar following the removal of Moḡīra b. Šoʿba from that office, probably in 17/, and that he held the position at least twice during the caliphate of ʿOmar, becoming governor of Kūfa for about a year between two spells of office in Baṣra (Ṭabarī, I, pp.

He is Abu al-Hasan Alee bin Ismaa'il bin Abi Bishr Ishaaq, and is lineage traces back to the companion Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (radiallaahu anhu). He was born in H and it has also been said, H and H. He died in H according to the strongest of opinions.

The Various Stages of His Life

Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari went through a number of stages in his life, some of them are agreed upon by the Scholars and in others there are some differences of opinion.

The Stage of I'tizaal

Al-Asha'ri was brought up in the household of Abu Alee al-Jubaa'ee and ended up becoming an Imaam for the Mu'tazilah, aiding and arguing for the correctness of their madhhab.

Ibn Asaakir in his "Tabyeen" (p) quotes from al-Ash'ari in one of his books that he wrote:

We wrote a large work regarding the Attributes which we called 'Kitaab ul-Jawaabaat Fi as-Sifaat 'an Masaa'il Ahl iz-Zaigh wa ash-Shubuhaat', in which we criticized a (previous) book of ours which we had written a long time ago in which there was a validation of the madhhab of the Mu'tazilah - there not being a book being authored for them like it! Then Allaah, the Sublime, made the truth clear to us, and so we turned back from that (I'tizaal) and we criticized it and made its misguidance clear.

The Imaam, Abu Naasir as-Sijzee (d. H) wrote in his Risaalah on al-Harf was-Sawt, quoting from one of the Maalikee fuquhaa that:

Ash'aree remained for forty years upon I'tizaal and then he made tawbah, turning back from the furoo' (subsidiary matters) but remaining established upon the usool (foundational matters), meaning the foundational matters of the Mu'tazilah upon which they built their negation of the Attributes, such as the evidence of al-a'raad (non-essential, incidental attributes of essences) and others.

The Second Stage

There are a number or explanations from the scholars regarding precisely what happened in the stage after I'tizaal and there are a couple of sayings regarding this:

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THE QADI, DAEI, QARI,GHAZI , GOVERNOR, WARRIOR, HAFIZ - ARRIFFIN

Saidina Umar  Ibn Al Khattab RA elected Abu Musa Al Ashari RA as a governor. When he went to Basrah as governor of the city, he called the inhabitants to a meeting and addressed them: "The Amir al-Muminin, Umar RA  has sent me to you to teach you the Book of your Lord &#; Al Quran  and the Sunnah of His Prophet and to clean your streets for you."

People were taken aback when they heard these words. They could easily understand that one of the responsibilities of a Muslim ruler was to instruct people in their religion. However, that one of his duties should be to clean streets was something new and surprising to them.

Who was this governor of whom Rasulullah's grandson, Saidina Hasan bin Ali RA, said: "There was no rider who came to Basrah who was better for its people than he." His real name was Abdullah ibn Qays but he was and continues to be known as Abu Musa al-Ashari RA. He left his native land, Yemen, for Makkah immediately after hearing that a Rasul had appeared there who was a man of rare insight, who called people to the worship of Allah SWT  and who insisted on the highest standards of morality.

At Makkah, he stayed in the company of Rasulullah SAW and gained knowledge and guidance. He returned to his country to propagate the word of Allah SWT and spread the mission of the noble Prophet, Muhammad Rasulullah SAW. We have had no further news of him for more than a decade. Then just after the end of the Khaibar expedition, he came to Rasulullah SAW in Madinah. His arrival there coincided with that of Jaffar ibn Abi Talib RA and other Muslims from Abyssinia and Rasulullah SAW welcomed them all with joy and happiness.

This time Abu Musa RA did not come alone. He came with more than fifty persons from Yemen all of whom had accepted Islam. Among them were his two brothers, Abu Ruhm and Abu Burdah. Ra