Wabisa ibn Ma'bad al-Asadi

Wābiṣah ibn Maʿbad al-Asadī (Arabic: وابصة بن معبد الأسدي; died 707 CE) was one of the Sahaba. As a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Wabisah was a narrator of Hadith. He came from the Banu Asad tribe and lived in Raqqa, Syria.

Biography As indicated by his kunya al-Asadi, Wabisah was from the Banu Asad tribe. His date of birth is unknown, while his full lineage was listed as Wabisah, son of Ma'bad, son of Malik, son of Ubayd, son of Asad ibn Khuzaymah, the progenitor of Banu Asad. During his time with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Wabisah would adopt the habit of sitting with the poor. but al-Dhahabi, Nawawi and Wali al-Din al-Iraqi disagree, stating he was buried in Raqqa. He was succeeded by his descendants, one of whom was a chief juriconsult during the reign of Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid (r. 786–809 CE).

A domed mausoleum, built in 1836, was formerly present in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Raqqa, which belonged to Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm, the Ottoman governor of Aleppo. To attract more visitors to Raqqa, subsequent Ottoman governors ruling over the area attributed the tomb to Wabisah and cited the statements of earlier scholars to legitimize their claims. One such example is the narration on following one's conscience: