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'''Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud''' ({{lang-ar| عبدالله بن مسعود}}) (d.ca.[[652]]) was [[Timing of Sahaba becoming muslims|the 6th man who converted]] to [[Islam]] after [[Muhammad]] started preaching in [[Mecca]].  He was also one of the closest companions to Muhammad.

==Biography==
===Muhammad's era===
==== First encounter with Muhammad ====
According to Muslim sources, he was a child sheepherder working for [[Uqbah ibn Abu Mu'ayt]] and [[Muhammad]] was passing by him with [[Abu Bakr]] when they asked Abd-Allah to give them some milk from one of the goats.  He refused because they were not his goats to give away their milk.  So Muhammad asked him if there was a goat that never gave milk and he touched it instantly.  The goat produced milk, so they drank milk and ibn Mas'ud asked Muhammad to teach him how to do this. Muhammad said to him ({{lang-ar|إنك غلام معلم}}), which means you've been taught.

====Life as Muslim====
It was not long before Abdullah ibn Masud became a Muslim and offered to be in the service of the  Prophet. The Prophet agreed and Abdullah ibn Masud gave up tending  sheep in exchange for looking after the needs of the Prophet. Abdullah received a unique training in the household of Muhammad, and it was said of  him, "He was the closest to the Prophet in character."  
It is also related that once, when a young Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud recited the [[Qur'an]] in the [[Ka'aba]], he was mercilessly beaten by the [[Quraish]].

===During Rashidun Caliphates===
Ibn Mas'ud held administrative and diplomatic duties under the caliphs [[Umar ibn al-Khattab]] (r.634-644) and [[Uthman ibn Affan]] (d.656), but he eventually broke with the latter. He was considered one of the most prolific transmitters of [[hadith]], especially via the transmitters of [[Kufa]], where he settled {{fact}}. 

Some of his well-known disciples in Kufa included [[Alqama ibn Qays al-Nakha'i]], [[Aswad ibn Yazid]] and [[Masruq ibn al-Ajda']] <ref name=muslimuzbekistan/>.

Ibn Mas'ud is especially important for traditions on the interpretation of the [[Quran]], having been present for many revelations. He also deemed [[triple talaq]] as a single one. Triple talaq is a controversial Sunni Islamic procedure whereby a husband can divorce his wife by saying to her "talaq, talaq, talaq" ("I divorce you", three times). It is not used in [[Shi'a]] jurisprudence, since they deem the talaq to be a procedure rather than a decision.

==Legacy==
===Sunni view===
Sunnis include him in the [[Hadith of Learning Qur'an from four people]], in which according to the hadith, Muhammad said: ''"Learn the Qur'an from four persons: Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud, [[Salim Mawla Abu-Hudhayfah]], [[Ubayy ibn Kab]] and [[Muadh ibn Jabal]]."''

== See also ==
*[[Islam]]

==External links==
*[http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/02_abu_bakr.htm Story]

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