Marwan I

Marwan I مروان بن الحكم
Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate
Reign	684 – 7 May 685
Predecessor	Muawiya II
Successor	Abd al-Malik
Born	(623-03-28)March 28, 623 At-Ta'if, Arabia
Died
Issue	Abd al-Malik, Abd al-Aziz, Muhammad
Full name Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Dynasty	Umayyad
Father	Hakam ibn Wa'il

Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abu al-'As ibn Umayyah (Arabic: مروان بن الحكم بن ابو العاص بن أمية‎‎; March 28, 623 – 7 May, 685) a Sahaba and also was the fourth Umayyad Caliph; he succeeded Muawiya II, who abdicated in 684. He was the cousin of Uthman ibn Affan, the third of the Rashidun caliphs. Marwan's ascension pointed to a shift in the lineage of the Umayyad dynasty from descendants of Abu Sufyan (the "Sufyanids") to those of Hakam (the "Marwanids"), both of whom were grandsons of Umayya (for whom the Umayyad dynasty is named). Hakam was also the uncle of Uthman ibn Affan.

Status as Sahaba

Despite being controversial figure and his being remembered for killing the Prophet's companion Talhah, Marwan bin Hakam was accepted as Sahaba generally by Islamic scholarly consensus as evidenced by a reprimand from scholar of Nahdletul Ulema from Indonesia regarding some Muslim figures such as Marwan as one of the topic. which he give Marwan the honorific title of Radhi Allahu Anhu(RA), which common honorific title of Sahaba or Tabi'un.

Another evidence according to fiqh were there are hadiths which transmitting was traced to Marwan which is compiled by Sahih Bukhari and Tirmidhi. as it is the nature to the ruling of Hadith transmission by Sahaba was explained by Haji gibril that Consensus among Ahl al-Sunna that the Sahaba are all of the highest probity which inhibiting the first chain of narration

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Marwan I Banu Umayya Born: March 28, 623 Died: May 7, 685
Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Muawiyah II	Caliph of Islam Umayyad Caliph 684 – May 7, 685	Succeeded by Abd al-Malik
Political offices
Preceded by Said ibn al-As	Governor of Madina 679–681	Succeeded by Walid ibn Utbah ibn Abi Sufyan
Preceded by Said ibn al-As	Governor of Madina 674–677	Succeeded by Said ibn al-As
Preceded by ?	Governor of Madina 662–669	Succeeded by Said ibn al-As