ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn (Arabic: عثمان بن مظعون) was one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
[1] He was married to Khawla bint Hakim, who like himself was one of the earliest converts to Islam.
There is a narration that, out of religious devotion, Uthman ibn Maz'un decided to dedicate himself to prayer and take a vow of chastity from his wife.
His wife spoke about this to Muhammad, who gently reminded Uthman that he himself, as the Islamic prophet, also had a family life, and that Uthman had a responsibility to his family and should not adopt monasticism as a form of religious practice.
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